单选题 The similarity between ichthyosaurs and fish is an example of convergence, a process by which different classes of organisms adapt to the same environment by independently developing one or more similar external body features. Ichthyosaurs were marine reptiles and thus do not belong to the same class of organisms as fish. However, ichthyosaurs adapted to their marine environment by converging on external body features similar to those of fish. Most strikingly ichthyosaurs, like fish, had fins.
If the statements above are true, which one of the following is an inference that can be properly drawn on the basis of them?

【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 本题根据鱼和鱼龙的相似性来解释趋同性,由趋同性的定义和本题给出的例子我们很容易推出(D)是正确选项。