Re: Extinction

[sean.kerns@sdrc.com (Snake)]

> 
> >Bakker does have some good questions. Why do the number of fossils
> >taper off as you get near the time of impact? Shouldn't a graph of
> >the fossils show a spike near the estimated time of impact? Why didn't
> >ALL species die out?
> >
> >Tim
> 
> Current theories regarding dinosaur extinction do ignore the smaller
> species that survived the extinction.  IMHO I think that the reason why
> they suvived is a question of size.  When you look at the species that
> perished in the K-T extinction, it appears that every species the size of a
> housecat and larger perished; their larger bodies requiring more food than

Is this all species of any animals of any kind larger than a cat, or
just dinos? I though there were some smaller than that; where are
they?

Sean

> their smaller counterparts. This seems to be the biggest point for the
> impact-therorists.
> 
> If the same thing were to happen today (killing off all animals larger than
> a cat), there would have to be extremely restrictive environmental
> conditions.  Almost requiring a cosmic zap.
> 
> GEOLOGISTS ARE FUN TO BE WITH BECAUSE THEY'RE VERY GNIESS
> 
> 


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