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Title: Suppose, while out camping in a forest, you found a chordate with a long, slender, limbless body ...
Post by: ceybe on Nov 16, 2017
Suppose, while out camping in a forest, you found a chordate with a long, slender, limbless body slithering across the ground near your tent. To which of the following lineages could it belong?
A) Myxinoidea
B) Dipnoi
C) Mammalia
D) Amphibia
E) Chondrichthyes


Title: Re: Suppose, while out camping in a forest, you found a chordate with a long, slender, limbless body ...
Post by: GTi_Nicky on Nov 16, 2017
D
Explanation:  D) Although hagfish (answer A) have long, slender, limbless bodies, they wouldn't be found on the ground in a forest. Substituting common names for the lineages could make the question less difficult.


Title: Re: Suppose, while out camping in a forest, you found a chordate with a long, slender, limbless body ...
Post by: ceybe on Dec 30, 2017
This was a very difficult question for me

Thanks for lending out a helping hand