Which Lineage Shared Several Derived Traits-Such as the Shapes and Positions

question 90

Multiple Choice

Which lineage shared several derived traits-such as the shapes and positions of bones in their appendages-with early tetrapods, and apparently gave rise to the tetrapods?

• A) osteolepiforms
• B) acanthodians
• C) ostracoderms
• D) conodonts

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