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fossialization and floods
I was watching an old videotaped NOVA (about T-rex) recently when a
thought occurred to me. For an animal as big as a dinosaur to become
a fossil, it has to be buried fast enough that scavangers can't get
to it. Am I correct in thinking that these conditions usually
only occur in floods?
I realize that there are some exceptions to the rule (such as the
Gobi dinos that buried by collapsing sand banks), but my point is
that a majority of fossils of large animals are created by floods.
Am I right or wrong?
Neil T. Hicks