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#Question id: 4598


Fossils of Thrinaxodon, a species that lived during the Triassic period, have been found in both South Africa and Antarctica. Thrinaxodon had a reptile-like skeleton and laid eggs, but small depressions on the front of its skull suggest it had whiskers and, therefore, fur. Thrinaxodon may have been warm-blooded. The fossils of Thrinaxodon are consistent with the hypothesis that ________.

#Unit 11. Evolution and Behavior
  1. fossils found in a given area look like the modern species in that same area

  2. the environment where it lived was very warm

  3. mammals evolved from a reptilian ancestor

  4. Antarctica and South Africa separated after Thrinaxodon went extinct