限制性定语从句的一点疑惑，求nn指教！

caro_1222

Fossils of a whale that beached on an African shore more than a million years ago and was subsequently butchered by hominids havebeen recovered by paleontologists.

A.     that beached on an African shore more than a million years ago and was subsequently butchered by hominids have

B.     that beached on an African shore more than a million years ago and then was subsequently butchered by hominids has

C.     that beached on an African shore more than a million years ago, which was subsequently butchered by hominids, has

D.     having been beached on an African shore more than a million years ago and subsequently butchered by hominids, have      

E.     having beached on an African shore more than a million years ago and then subsequently were butchered by hominids have

正确答案A  。我的疑惑是划线部分的that从句是whale的限制性定语吧？为什么不是修饰的fossil of a whale这个整体呢。因为在comma+which的非限制性定语从句中，就是修饰a of b的整体

kirbybeawesome

noun1 of noun2 that/which  这种情况 that／which 优先修饰noun2，如果修饰noun2 不合理 就去修饰前面的 noun1