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Question 5 • CMS 2026-2027 Biology CREDIT RECOVERY

In rock layers, jellyfish fossils are found lower than trilobite fossils, and trilobite fossils are found lower than ammonite fossils. What can be determined from this information?

Answer
A
Jellyfish, trilobites, and ammonites lived together.
B
Trilobites existed before jellyfish and ammonites.
C
Jellyfish existed before trilobites and ammonites.
D
Ammonites existed before trilobites and jellyfish.

Explanation

In undisturbed rock layers, lower layers formed earlier than the layers above them, so their fossils are older. Jellyfish fossils are lowest, followed by trilobite fossils and then ammonite fossils. Therefore, jellyfish existed before trilobites and ammonites, making choice D correct.

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