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Re: Problems with Darwin's theory
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Tue, 6 Feb 2001 17:27:39 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
> > Mount Cadiz, southern California. An exposed abuttement of Cambrian and
> > Precambrian rock. Zillions of Trilobites. Hip deep in them. Zillions may
> > be an underestimate.
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> Oh cool! I've wondered where that was. I've seen pictures of the
> exposed strata--have you been lucky enough to be there in person?
> I want to go to California...dumb luck being born in a part of the
> US that got shaven down to the Devonian by those dagnab glaciers.
> And, for some reason, we don't have many trilobites.
Yup, been there, done that. I think it was for a class in stratigraphy many
years ago. It was the quietest place I have ever experienced in my life.
We weren't out there for the trilobites (and well noted about the Horseshoe
crab), but you couldn't help tripping over them.
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> On the other hand, I have lots of cool brachiopods (another critter
> that's no longer with us, and common as dirt in the Palaeozoic seas).
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> best
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> Lindsay
If I see another Brachiopod I'll vomit. I had to draw endless brachiopods,
spirifers, and bi-valves for my palentology class.
Bruce
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| (...) I could say that about the horseshoe crabs at Point Pleasant, NJ. Is the geographical distribution wide on those? Do you get them in California? (Or are you not there anymore?) One specimen of a trilobite really stands out. It's the one with a (...) (24 years ago, 6-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Hmmmm, are you allowed to pick them up and keep them, or is the area protected? If you can collect, I see a roadtrip in my near future. -- | Tom Stangl, iPlanet Web Server Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp | iPlanet Support - (...) (24 years ago, 6-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Um, well, let's see--the majority may be of animals of a similar *type* (e.g., "teleost fish" or "reptiles") but very, very few are of the same species (or even genus). The most common living fossils cited are the coelecanth (genus Latimera), (...) (24 years ago, 6-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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