Physical Science
11th Edition
ISBN: 9780077862626
Author: Bill Tillery, Stephanie J. Slater, Timothy F. Slater
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 21, Problem 11AC
Distinctive fossils of plants or animals that were distributed widely but lived only a short time with a common extinction time are called
a. short-lived fossils.
b. correlation fossils.
c. index fossils.
d. faunal successive fossils.
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35. An early record about the discovery of...Ch. 21 - Prob. 36ACCh. 21 - Prob. 37ACCh. 21 -
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