Paleozoic and Mesozoic marine invertebrate faunas differ primarily because ____

a. mammals had not yet evolved in the Paleozoic
b. birds had not yet evolved in the Paleozoic
c. most Paleozoic faunas were nektonic
d. Mesozoic fauna with hard and soft parts burrowed in the sediment
e. more Mesozoic fauna were nektonic


d

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