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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 Denver Museum of Nature and Science in Denver, Colorado, houses a dinosaur fossil specimen nicknamed Pops.
• Pops lived in the Late Cretaceous period, which ended more than 65 million years ago.
• It is a member of the genus Triceratops.

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

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

B

A Triceratops fossil specimen from the Late Cretaceous period, which ended more than 65 million years ago, is housed at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science.

C

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

D

Pops is the nickname of a Triceratops fossil specimen housed at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science in Denver, Colorado.