Re: fossil fish with fingers

Arthur V. Chadwick (chadwicka@swac.edu)
Tue, 20 Jan 1998 07:12:39 -0800

At 05:57 AM 1/20/98 -0600, Glenn wrote:
>But there is one correct of the above. Ancient coelecanths were not
>deepwater creatures. Most lived in freshwater.

1. How do you know they were not deepwater creatures? Fresh water can be
deep too.
2. How do you know they were fresh water creatures? You can only attempt to
infer this from association with other forms (often plants), and that is a
dubious practice at best.

I guess I would have liked to see a couple of qualifiers in you assertion....
Art
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