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Zosterophyllum is an ancestor of
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Options:
  • A Bryophytes
  • B Lycopods
  • C Ferns
  • D Ginkgos
Solution:
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The correct answer is: Lycopods
The evolution pathway of lycopods is chlorophyte ancestors - tracheophyte ancestors - Zosterophyllum - lycopods. Bryophytes are evolved directly from chlorophyte ancestors. The evolution pathway of ferns and ginkgos is chlorophyte ancestors - tracheophyte ancestors - Rhynia type ancestors - Psilophyton.

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