Hi List My spelling took a turn tonite it seems. for the worse. Must be these math classes I have to take. Just no correlation between proper spelling and mathematical logic(I won't even mention the spell checker!) Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 8:42 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Dinosaurs Experienced Climate Changes Before K-T Collision
> Hi Matt > That must be realatively new, but then my books date dated by a couple > years. But to be truthful, the coelursaurs actually survived any extinction > and are fluishing today as we speak. > Mark > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Matt Morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Meteorite-List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 2:52 PM > Subject: RE: [meteorite-list] Dinosaurs Experienced Climate Changes Before > K-T Collision > > > > Mark: > > This is not entirely true. This is location dependent, for example in New > > Mexico (San Juan Basin) you can find them right below (inches below the Ir > > anomaly..which is "off the scale") and ABOVE the K-T boundary. Yes, I said > > "above" the impact layer. This has been an enigma, but Jim Fassett (USGS) > > has provided some compelling evidence (in the form of geochemistry) that > the > > hadrosaur femur he found, was NOT remowrked from sediments below. He > termed > > these survivors "Lazarus" dinosaurs and speculated they may have survived > > well into the Paleocene. > > Jim is giving a talk here in Denver sometime in April. > > <http://www.dinoridge.org/activity.htm> > > > > Something to think about... > > Matt Morgan > > > > =========== > > Matt Morgan > > Mile High Meteorites > > http://www.mhmeteorites.com > > PO Box 151293 > > Lakewood, CO 80215 USA > > FAX: 303-763-6917 > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 10:54 AM > > To: Ron Baalke > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Dinosaurs Experienced Climate Changes > > Before K-T Collision > > > > > > Hi Ron and list > > > > The fact is that dinosaur fossils are not found at the k-T boundary. One > has > > to go 9-10 ft at best, below the boundary to find dinosaur bones in any of > > the beds that contain dinosaur fossils. This represents a substantial > period > > of time prior to the impact layer. This is why it is argued against. No > one > > has yet to find dinosaur bones at or immediately below the boundary. > > Mark > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Ron Baalke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: Meteorite Mailing List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 8:41 AM > > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Dinosaurs Experienced Climate Changes Before > > K-T Collision > > > > > > > > > > > > I have read many of the popular theories on the extinction events > argued > > in > > > > this message, and to be frank, the fact remains that dinosaurs, in > > general, > > > > were on the decline. > > > > > > The dinosaurs may have well been on gradual decline prior to the impact, > > but > > > even if that is the case, that does not contradict their abrupt > > > disappearance at the time of impact. > > > > > > > As far as an impacter causing the extinction. I'm > > > > skeptical, for then, how do the mammals, marsupials, and birds, all > > > > non-burrowing, survive a "world affecting" impact. > > > > > > I don't find it strange at all that the large animal species at the top > > > of the food chain (ie: dinosaurs) were the most adversely affected by > the > > impact. > > > The smaller species or the more mobile (mammals, birds, reptiles, etc.) > > had a > > > better chance of survival in the aftermath. A large number of the > smaller > > animals > > > did go extinct as well at the time of the impact, but some were able to > > survive. > > > > > > Ron Baalke > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > > 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 > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > 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 > ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
