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Post by parfive on Feb 4, 2023 2:42:01 GMT -5
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geoff59
spending too much on rocks
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Post by geoff59 on Feb 4, 2023 7:34:43 GMT -5
Here in New England generally, there was (during the last ice age) a layer of ice 1-2 miles thick. When these masses slowly moved over the Earth’s surface, they ground up and destroyed the fossil record that was once here, pulverizing it in to sand. There are just a few surviving fossils in New Hampshire, found only at the top of a few of the highest peaks; and a few fossilized tree stumps which are in water, over toward the coastline. The latter being much younger in age than the others. One can only speculate what there once was for a fossil record here.
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Brian
fully equipped rock polisher
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Post by Brian on Feb 4, 2023 9:48:33 GMT -5
I enjoyed Michael Crichton’s book Dragon Teeth about the Cope/Marsh feud. It’s a fictionalized account of what happened, but from everything else I have read about their history, it probably wasn’t too far off from the truth. I recently reread the book after visiting Morrison, Colorado and several of the sites where Marsh made his discoveries. |
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Post by mohs on Feb 4, 2023 11:12:06 GMT -5
what you talking about  |
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Post by Rockoonz on Feb 4, 2023 11:20:56 GMT -5
I thought that the rush to publish papers without first verifying the discoveries was a relatively new development. Seems I was wrong, good thing I don't publish papers.
Trust the science, right?
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Post by drocknut on Feb 4, 2023 11:24:02 GMT -5
Very interesting. I'm not generally a fossil person but my father was into paleontology so I have some. Thank you parfive for posting the article on Eastern dinosaurs. That was an interesting read and explains a lot to me. |
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Post by parfive on Feb 4, 2023 13:42:03 GMT -5
mohsYou can’t fool me, Ed . . . I know saguaro don’t grow in Maryland. : )
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Post by parfive on Jul 13, 2023 1:19:24 GMT -5
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