Question

Which type of fossil is Gerobatrachus hottoni most likely to be?

intermediary
phylogenic
transitional
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Answer 1

Transitional

Step-by-step explanation:

• A fossil which has traits that are common to its derived descendant group, as well as the ancestral group, is known as the transitional fossil.
• Gerobatrachus hottoni is known as the transitional fossil as it has characters that are common to frogs and salamanders and hence, is known to be a transition between the frog and the salamander.
• It is to be noted that a transitional fossil is not a connecting link between the ancestor and the descendant.

Answer 2

C. Transitional Fossil refer to the fossils which trains is the intermediary between it's ancestral group and derived descendant group,as a sign of evolutionary process