whoops, never mind. A few minutes of research reveal that Indocetus ramani (earliest known whale form) is from the lower Eocene - long after our controversial impact.
At 03:30 PM 5/17/2002 -0400, S.Singletary wrote: >At 12:22 PM 5/17/2002 -0700, Edward Hodges wrote: > >>Fred- The Komodo Dragon wasn't around 65 million years ago, and either >>were crocodiles like the ones you see now. They have evolved to become a >>more effeciant and smaller predator. So, can you think over any large >>Reptiles, that have survived for at least the last 65 million years that >>are still the same size? The point is that all large creatures were wiped >>out 65 million years ago. It's not clear if the impact killed them, if >>the nuclear winter killed them, if they starved, or were wiped out by >>viruses. The fact remains that ALL large creatures were wiped from the >>face of the earth, with the possible exception of some sea creatures, 65 >>million years ago by or from the effects of a large impact. By the way, >>10ft., and 25 ft. are hardly large animals when compared to the large >>animals that existed pre-impact. > > >What about whales? Anyone know when the first whales appear in the fossil >record? I seem to remember something about a fossil find in the >afghan/pakistan region that was thought to be transitional between whales >as we know them and a land bound animal. Don't know the age of the find >though. Pakicephalus I think was the name but I am definitely not >positive about that. > >Steven > > > >Steven Singletary >54-1224 >Dept. Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences >M.I.T. >Cambridge, MA 02139 >Tel - 617.253.6398 >Fax - 617.253.7102 > > >______________________________________________ >Meteorite-list mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
