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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.
• Many dinosaur fossil specimens are given nicknames.
• The Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture in Seattle, Washington, houses a dinosaur fossil specimen nicknamed Tufts-Love.
• Tufts-Love lived in the Late Cretaceous period, which ended more than 65 million years ago.
• It is a member of the genus Tyrannosaurus.

The student wants to provide an example of a dinosaur fossil specimen’s nickname. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

A

Dinosaur fossil specimens can be found at museums all over the world, and many of these specimens are given nicknames.

B

Nicknames are given to many dinosaur fossil specimens, including one housed at a museum in Seattle, Washington.

C

Tufts-Love is the nickname of a Tyrannosaurus fossil specimen housed at the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture in Seattle, Washington.

D

A Tyrannosaurus fossil specimen from the Late Cretaceous period, which ended more than 65 million years ago, is housed at the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture.