Hi Ron on Fassett's abstract
Lot of assumptions here that paleontologists would be cautious to make. Theres also a lack in the abstract about what condition the bones are in the sandstone. He also states that there are layers, indicating multiple events occurred in the formation of the layer(s) with no comment about the layers themselves, i.e. depositional environment, events between layers ect. His main thrust is the paleomag tags, apparently his specialty. Bones are only mentioned really as an aside to his main argument. He also does not go into relational ages of the dinosaurs except to say that these Lazarus dinosaurs could have hatch 1 to 2 yrs after the impactor event. This is an extreme stretch on his part and will catch a lot of criticism from all scientific fields dealing with animals. He's pretty much overstretched his knowledge of animal behavior and will be shot down for that alone. His dating techniques are limited to the paleomag and no typing of species of the bone was mentioned to verify that they were indeed species known to be present (new species would not count) in the late Cretaceous. I find his work very flawed for what he's claiming, and very unscientific outside of the paleomag data. Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: Ron Baalke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Meteorite Mailing List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 8:28 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Dinosaurs Experienced Climate Changes Before K-T Collision > > > > As for Fassett's discovery, he presented his findings at the previous to > > last GSA convention in Boston. You can probably find his abstracts on the > > web. > > > Found the abstract. Here it is: > > http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2001AM/finalprogram/abstract_25767.htm > > Fassett is proposing the mature dinosaurs were killed off by the impact, but the > recently laid eggs provided a survival sanctuary, and they later > hatched from one to two years later. > > 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
