Because of age estimates of the Tiktaalik fossil species,at approximately 380 mya,it lived
A) at the same time, in the Mesozoic era, as early dinosaurs, mammals, and early conifer trees.
B) None of these answer options correctly places the geologic time scale context of Tiktaalik.
C) in the Phanerozoic eon, and the Devonian era, before dinosaurs and mammals appeared.
D) during the Precambrian, when only primitive species were found in the fossil record.
E) after the widespread extinction of dinosaurs, marking the expansion of more modern, living species in the Cenozoic era.
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