Based on the Fossil Record, It Was Estimated That Coelacanths

Multiple Choice

Based on the fossil record, it was estimated that coelacanths had become extinct in the late Cretaceous, approximately 66 million years ago. However, a live coelacanth was discovered off the coast of South Africa in 1938. This is an example of

A) forward smearing.
B) the Signor-Lipps effect.
C) radiocarbon dating.
D) the law of superposition.