BIOLOGY:CONCEPTS+APPL.(LOOSELEAF)
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Chapter 23, Problem 2SA
A great adaptive radiation of animals that occurred during the _______ gave rise to modern animal lineages.
| a. Precambrian | c. Cambrian |
| b. Ediacaran | d. Jurassic |
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