Question

In evolutionary history, in which one of the following periods did the flowering plants make their first appearance?

• A. Certaceous of Mesozoic era
• B. Pleocene of cenopzic era
• C. Devonian of Paleozoic
• D. Permian of Paleozoic era

Answer 1

The correct option is A Certaceous of Mesozoic era

A

Fossil evidence indicates that flowering plants first appeared in the Lower Cretaceous, about 125 million years ago, and were rapidly diversifying by the Middle Cretaceous, about 100 million years ago.