Match the major event in the fossil record to the correct geologic time period

A) Triassic to Cretaceous
B) Tertiary
C) Mississippian to Permian
D) Early Cambrian
E) Silurian to Devonian
F) Cambrian to Ordovician

1) Age of Fishes
2) First life forms with hard parts
3) Age of Invertebrates
4) Age of Mammals
5) Age of Reptiles
6) Age of Amphibians


Answers: 1) E 2) D 3) F 4) B 5) A 6) C

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