Please help I think the answer is B but Im not too sure A Am

Please help I think the answer is B, but I\'m not too sure.

A. Amniotic eggs evolved before hinged jaws.

B. Tuna are more closely related to salamanders than they are to turtles.

C. The most recent common ancestor of salamander and turtle had amniotic eggs, but not four walking legs.

D. The most recent common ancestor of all of the species shown had a vertebral column.

E. Lamprey are more closely related to leopard than they are to lancelet.

		A. Amniotic eggs evolved before hinged jaws.
		B. Tuna are more closely related to salamanders than they are to turtles.
		C. The most recent common ancestor of salamander and turtle had amniotic eggs, but not four walking legs.
		D. The most recent common ancestor of all of the species shown had a vertebral column.
		E. Lamprey are more closely related to leopard than they are to lancelet.

Vertebral column Hinged jaws Four walking legs Amniotic egg Hair Lancelet (outgroup) Lamprey Tuna Salamander Turtle Leopard

Solution

Lets see one by one each

Option E. Lamprey are more closely related to leopard than they are to lancelet. are not true as the distance is more for Lamprey to leopard than lancelet.

D. The most recent common ancestor of all of the species shown had a vertebral column.also wrong because ancestor were not having verebral column.

A. Amniotic eggs evolved before hinged jaws. not very sure if it is true.

B. Distance between Tuna and salamanders are far less than they are to turtles. so option B is right

C option is also not very convincing as not sure that ancestor of salamander and turtle were not having four walking legs.