Both images are maps. The map with green dots represents the fossil distribution of saltwater clams in the United States from the Late Cretaceous period. The map with yellow dots represents the fossil distribution of saltwater clams in the United States from the Pleistocene. Answer these following questions:By looking the locations of the saltwater clam fossils in Texas, Mississippi, and Alabama during the Late Cretaceous (map with green dots) do you think sea level was higher or lower during this time? +IiFiltersx Pleistocene* Veneridae2.588Gelasian1.806Geologic TimePhanerozoicCenozoicQuaternaryPleistoceneCalabrian398 total collections1,234 total occurrencesLeaflet | Map tiles by Stamen Design, CC BY 3.0 — Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors0.781Middle PleistoceneLI0.126 0.0117 永✓Late Cretaceous.pngFiltersX Late CretaceousI100.5X VeneridaeCenomanian93.9TuronianT89.8ConiacianI86.3O81Geologic TimePhanerozoicMesozoicCretaceousLate CretaceousSantonianI83.6CampanianDownload X Remove646 total collections1,094 total occurrencLeaflet | Map tiles by Stamen Design, CC BY 3.0 — Map data © OpenStreetMap contribut72.1Maastrichtian

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Both images are maps. The map with green dots represents the fossil distribution of saltwater clams in the United States from the Late Cretaceous period. The map with yellow dots represents the fossil distribution of saltwater clams in the United States from the Pleistocene. Answer these following questions:

By looking the locations of the saltwater clam fossils in Texas, Mississippi, and Alabama during the Late Cretaceous (map with green dots) do you think sea level was higher or lower during this time?