65 POINTS! Scientists observed some fossils of the early ancestors of camels. Using the fossils they obtained, they prepared a phylogeny chart for camels.
Based on this chart, what can you conclude about the relationship between modern camels (Camelus) and Aepycamelus?
OLIGOCENE
PLIOCENE PLEISTOCENE
EOCENE
LOWER UPPER
MIOCENE
LOWER UPPER
Paratylopus
Eschatius
Oxydactylus Aepycamelus
(Giraffe-camel)
7-Piptylopus
Poebrotherium - Protomeryx-Procamelus-Pliauchenia-C amelus
Camelops
Stenomylus
(Gazele-camel)
Modern camels share an evolutionary relationship with Aepycamelus, but they didn't directly evolve
from them.
Aepycamelus don't share any evolutionar relationship with modern camels.
Aepycamelus are modern camels' closest extinct relatives.
Aepycamelus are modern camels' closest living descendants.