Based on the Fossil Record, It Was Estimated That Coelacanths

question 6

Multiple Choice

Based on the fossil record, it was estimated that coelacanths had become extinct in the late Cretaceous, approximately 66 million years ago. However, a live coelacanth was discovered off the coast of South Africa in 1938. This is an example of

• A) forward smearing.
• B) the Signor-Lipps effect.
• C) radiocarbon dating.
• D) the law of superposition.

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