Hi Sterling - I believe I can save you some money. The Baptista hypothesis fell through. That is not too surprising, as a very intelligent person once gave me this listwhich appears to confirm Clube and Napier's cometary injection hypothesis:
PREDICTED EXTINCTIONS (27,000,000 PERIOD): 11 mya: Miocene, Serravillian 38 mya: Eocene, Bartonian 65 mya: KT Extinction 92 mya: Cretaceous, Turonian 119 mya: Cretaceous, Aptian 146 mya: Jurassic, Tithonian 173 mya: Jurassic, Aalenian 200 mya: Triassic-Jurassic Boundary 227 mya: Triassic, Carnian 254 mya: Permian, Wuchuapingian 281 mya: Permian, Artinskian 308 mya: Carboniferous, Moscovian 335 mya: Carboniferous, Visean 362 mya: Devonian, Famennian 389 mya: Devonian, Givetian 416 mya: Silurian-Devonian Boundary 443 mya: Ordovician-Silurian Boundary 470 mya: Ordovician, Dapingian 497 mya: Cambrian, Furongian ACTUAL EXTINCTIONS: 14.5 mya: Middle Miocene Disruption (off by 3 my) 33.9 mya: Late Eocene Extinctions (off by 4 my) 65 mya: KT Extinction. 93.5 mya: Cennomanian-Turonian (off by 1.5 mya) 117 mya: Aptian Extinction (off by 2 my) 145 mya: End Jurassic: often considered regional only (off by 1 my) 183 mya: Toarcian Turnover (off by 10 my) 200 mya: Triassic-Jurassic Extinction (spot on) 228 mya: Carnian Extinctions? Questionable, supported, iirc, by Benton (off by 1 my) 251 mya: PT Extinction (off by 3 my) 260 mya: Guadelupian Mass Extinction (off by 6 my) Devonian extinctions: one damned thing after another for a period of 20 to 30 million years... 360 mya: Carboniferous-Devonian Boundary/ Hangenberg Event (off by 2 my) 375 mya: The Frasnian-Famennian/ Kellwasser Event (off by 13 my) 420 mya: Lau event (off by 4 my) 423 mya: Mulde event (off by 7 my) 426 mya: Irevikean event (off by 10 my) 443 mya: Ordovician Mass Extinction (spot on) I hope everyone is enjoying Tucson, best wishes,Ed
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