| If most speciation is allopatric, what would we expect to see in terms of the fossil record? |
| Generally, well-preserved remains of monocot leaves are rare in the fossil record. |
| There are thousands of animals and plants alive today that are no different from the way they appear in the fossil record! |
| The timescale of prokaryote evolution has been difficult to reconstruct because of a limited fossil record. |
| He proposed that skeletal robustness should be the most important determinant controlling the temporal resolution of the fossil record. |
| The first jawed fish in the fossil record are the acanthodians, which first occur in the Late Silurian. |
