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Title: Which of these time intervals, based on plant fossils, came last (most recently)?
Post by: ceybe on Nov 16, 2017
Which of these time intervals, based on plant fossils, came last (most recently)?
A) extensive growth of gymnosperm forests
B) Silurian-Devonian explosion with fossils of plant lineages that contain most of the major morphological innovations
C) colonization of land by early liverworts and mosses
D) rise and diversification of angiosperms
E) carboniferous swamps with giant horsetails and lycophytes


Title: Re: Which of these time intervals, based on plant fossils, came last (most recently)?
Post by: Shadias on Nov 16, 2017
D
Explanation:  D) The order of events is B, C, E, A, D. Familiarity with history of Earth's vegetation helps with recognition and importance of plant groups, and vice versa.