Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding Ediacaran fossils?
A) Animals represented in Ediacaran fossils are morphologically very similar to modern-day lophotrochozoans.
B) Ediacaran fossils depict animals with mineralized endoskeletons, similar to modern-day vertebrates.
C) If you were to place the animals depicted in Ediacaran fossils in a phylogenetic tree, these organisms would share their most recent common ancestor with choanoflagellates.
D) Ediacaran fossils depict animals with distinct flow-through digestive tracts.
E) None of the answer options is correct.
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