Critical Reasoning (CR) | There were throughout most of the history of life on Earth between 10

There were throughout most of the history of life on Earth between 10 and 100 times as many kinds of land-dwelling animals as marine-dwelling animals. Nevertheless, 95 percent of the extinct animal species now preserved in fossils are marine-dwelling animals.

Which one of the following, if true, would help to resolve the apparent discrepancy described above?


(A) The exposure of bones to the sun can lead to their disintegration, but so can their exposure to water.

(B) Land-dwelling animals tend,
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