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Most animal lineages evolved during the ____ period. a. Devonian b. Cambrian c. Silurian d. Cretaceous e. Ordovician

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Chapter20: Speciation And Macroevolution

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Devonian

Cambrian

Silurian

Cretaceous

Ordovician

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