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While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:

• Dinosaur fossil specimens can be found at science museums all over the world.
• A dinosaur fossil specimen nicknamed Jane is housed at the Burpee Museum of Natural History in Rockford, Illinois.
• Jane, a Tyrannosaurus, lived in the Late Cretaceous period.
• A dinosaur fossil specimen nicknamed Raymond is housed at the National Museum of Nature and Science in Tokyo, Japan.
• Raymond, a Triceratops, lived in the Late Cretaceous period.

The student wants to emphasize a similarity between the two dinosaur fossil specimens. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

A

While the Tyrannosaurus fossil specimen Jane is in Rockford, Illinois, the Triceratops fossil specimen Raymond is in Tokyo, Japan.

B

Dinosaur fossil specimens can be found at science museums all over the world, including in Rockford, Illinois, and Tokyo, Japan.

C

The Burpee Museum of Natural History is home to Jane, a Tyrannosaurus fossil specimen from the Late Cretaceous period.

D

Both the Tyrannosaurus fossil specimen Jane and the Triceratops fossil specimen Raymond lived in the Late Cretaceous period.