According to Scottish geologist Charles Lyell, the Cenozoic Era (including the Eocene, Miocene, and Pliocene epochs) extended over which of the following time periods in the fossil record? the Paleozoic Era, from the start of the Cambrian into the Permian Period the “age of reptiles”, from 252 million years ago to 66 million years ago the “age of birds and mammals”, from 66 million years ago to the present day the “age of fishes”, from 541 million years ago to 252 million years ago the Mesozoic Era, from the start of the Triassic into the Cretaceous Period

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According to Scottish geologist Charles Lyell, the Cenozoic Era (including the Eocene, Miocene, and Pliocene epochs) extended over which of the following time periods in the fossil record?

  1. the Paleozoic Era, from the start of the Cambrian into the Permian Period
  2. the “age of reptiles”, from 252 million years ago to 66 million years ago
  3. the “age of birds and mammals”, from 66 million years ago to the present day
  4. the “age of fishes”, from 541 million years ago to 252 million years ago
  5. the Mesozoic Era, from the start of the Triassic into the Cretaceous Period 
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