[求助]大全8

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8.A huge flying reptile that died out with the dinosaurs some 65 million years ago, the Quetzalcoatlus had a wingspan of 36 feet, believed to be the largest flying creature the world has ever seen.
(A) believed to be
(B) and that is believed to be
(C) and it is believed to have been
(D) which was, it is believed,
(E) which is believed to be

答案C,请问如果去掉and it is，只有believed to have been可不可以作为正确答案？

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不妥吧，
过去分词的省略形式用在句尾的话应该修饰离它最近的词，这样believed就变成修饰feet,而不是the Quetzalcoatlus。况且本句前后有明显不同的时间状语，用C选项才是最准确的。