Re: Flood Model and ichnofossils
Kevin O'Brien (Cuchulaine@worldnet.att.net)
Thu, 11 Feb 1999 17:39:16 -0700>>>
>>>>...and how do the tiny little reptiles survive this process?
>>>
>>>A lot of them probably died. But enough of them survived that during the
>>>Coconino depostion they were able to leave millions of trackways.
>>>
>>
>>
>>Millions survived? Or are you saying a dozen (figuratively speaking; the
>>exact number is immaterial as long as it was low) were so energetic
(despite
>>malnutrition and unimaginable stress) that they scampered all over the
>>exposed sediments, virtually non-stop, until they finally drowned?
>>
>>Why didn't snakes survive with them, or toads, or turtles, or field mice?
>>
>
>The Coconino Sandstone is Permian, before the Mesozoic deposition brought
>in and fossilized an abundance of land-dwelling organisms.
>
How does this statement answer either of my observations?
Kevin L. O'Brien