The altithermal period was significant because it led to all of the following except __________.
A.
the melting of the glaciers
B.
the desertification of the Great Basin region
C.
the formation of the Arbuckle Mountains
D.
the extinction of the megafauna

The Arbuckle Mountains are an ancient mountain range in Oklahoma's south-central region. Murray, Carter, Pontotoc, and Johnston counties all have them.

The Arbuckles' granite rocks come from the Precambrian Eon, some 1.4 billion years ago, and were overlain by rhyolites during the Cambrian Period.

So, Option C is correct.

The other Options are incorrect as:

Option A is incorrect as altithermal period led to melting of glaciers.

Option B is incorrect as Because of the "rainshadow effect" generated by the Sierra Nevada Mountains in eastern California, the Great Basin Desert exists.

Option D is incorrect as Megafauna extinctions all across the world were most likely caused by environmental and biological reasons. By the conclusion of the last ice age, it was nearly complete.

Thus Option C is correct as this was only thing that did not lead to the altithermal period.

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The altithermal period was significant because it led to all of the following except __________.
A.
the melting of the glaciers
B.
the desertification of the Great Basin region
C.
the formation of the Arbuckle Mountains
D.
the extinction of the megafauna