The Petrified Forest of Arizona includes a great diversity of fossils. In the picture above, paleontologist Randall Irmis excava
tes a plate from a specimen of Buettneria. Based on the discussions of evolution in class and in the textbook, it is likely that:___________________________.
"Dr. Randall Irmis is a famous paleontologist, who has gone on to make important discoveries since he showed the Penn State CAUSE class this fossil plate from the armored vertebrate Buettneria."
Explanation:
<u>Based on the discussions in the textbook and lecture on the topic of evolution, it is likely that:
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All species alive today are completely unrelated to Buettneria.
Some species alive today are essentially identical to Buettneria.
The most similar species alive today are related to but recognizably different from Buettneria.
