What important criterion was used in the late 1960s to distinguish between the three multicellular eukaryotic kingdoms of the five-kingdom classification system?
A) the number of cells present in individual organisms
B) the geological stratum in which fossils first appear
C) the nutritional modes they employ
D) the biogeographic province where each first appears
E) the features of their embryos

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The important criterion that was used in the late 1960s to distinguish between the three multicellular eukaryotic kingdoms of the five-kingdom classification system was the nutritional modes they employ. The three kingdoms were Plantae (autotrophs), Animalia (heterotrophs), and Fungi (saprotrophs).

What Important Criterion Was Used in the Late 1960s to Distinguish