This Figure Shows the Geologic Timescale

question 114

Multiple Choice

This figure shows the geologic timescale.Which period listed below would be part of the Paleozoic?

• A)Permian
• B)Pennsylvanian
• C)Mississippian
• D)Cambrian
• E)All of these.

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