Which of the Following Is an Essential Characteristic of an Index

question 5

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an essential characteristic of an index fossil?

• A)The organism lived only in specific environments such as beaches or estuaries.
• B)The organism only lived for a short span of geologic time but was very widespread.
• C)The fossils are exceptionally abundant for a long time span and readily preserved.
• D)The fossils occur in deep-water marine sediments, but the organism actually lived in the sunlit, surface layer of the ocean.

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