> These lizards, spiders, scorpions
> etc. had no tropical island to which they could flee during this time period
> if it was all deposited during the flood.
Sure they did. There were massive mats of floating vegetation (tropical
forests stripped from the continents by the flood waters) which
eventually grounded and formed the coal seams. The dino footprints in
the Dinosaur National Park record a gaggle of dinos in a tight area
struggling to survive. Rapid burial preserved their tracks.
>
> Could the Coconino lizards have walked under water? Maybe, but they had
> already had 6 months or so of swimming in the global flood. Where did these
> lizards rest? Where did they eat during that previous six months?
On the floating mats; there was plenty to eat!
>
And Art said:
>> Well, "scorpion tracks" is an interpretation made on the basis that the
>> dunes were believed to be subaerial. You cannot then use this
>> interpretation to conclude that the dunes were subaerial!
Art gotcha! Do you get dizzy in those circulars? :-))))
> Secondly, there are sedimentological features which show that the Coconino
> was not under water. There are raindrop impressions on the laminae.
Come on Glenn. Raindrops and tracks require rapid burial to be
preserved. Raindrops mean the flood waters locally receded for a few
minutes or days, after which the waters again submerged the area and
unloaded more sediment.
>
> I would also point out that wind ripples are another clue to the desert
> environment.
Wind ripples mean air currents, not necessarily a desert.
Bill