In the discussion of Soemmerring in paragraph 1. why does the author mention that "few naturalists of the time accepted the idea of major groups of extinct animals" ?

• To support the position that Soemmerring was the first to recognize the scientific significance of pterosaur fossils.
• To suggest that SoemmerringA reconstruction of the pterosaur went against a commonly accepted position of naturalists at that time.
• To help explain why it was reason able for Soemmerring to think that pterosaurs were related to today's bats.
• To indicate how little was known about pterosaurs before Soemmerring published his reconstruction.

This is a multiple choice.