Question

The Petrified Forest of Arizona includes a great diversity of fossils. In the picture above, paleontologist Randall Irmis excavates a plate from a specimen of Buettneria. Based on the discussions of evolution in class and in the textbook, it is likely that:___________________________.

Answer 1

Answer:

"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:

Based on the discussions in the textbook and lecture on the topic of evolution, it is likely that:

• 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.