Multiple Choice
Why is the fossil record of marine life more complete than that of organisms living in terrestrial ecosystems?
A) Marine habitats are places where sedimentation is more likely than erosion.
B) Organisms that live in marine environments don't have bones or other hard body parts.
C) Organisms that live in terrestrial habitats are evolutionarily too old to fossilize.
D) Fossilization cannot occur without water acting to preserve body parts from decomposition.
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