Geologic Time Scale Quick Check

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Question
Which can be excluded due to the absence of fossil records?(1 point)
Responses

a dinosaur's backbone
a dinosaur's backbone

the shell of a crab
the shell of a crab

the body of a jellyfish
the body of a jellyfish

the shell of a snai

1 answer

The correct answer is the body of a jellyfish.

Jellyfish have soft bodies that do not readily fossilize, making them less likely to have preserved fossil records compared to organisms with harder parts, such as shells or bones.