Re: Dinosaur and lava

[Martin Human <cockatoo@csi.com>]

I recall seeing a tv programme (and a photo somewhere) of an elephant
that had been caught in a basalt flow in Africa somewhere. The elephant
shape was there, cast in rock (ie the elephant had not been completely
covered, the basalt had flowed round it, with the bones in situ...I
cannot recall if there was a calf there too, but that may be
romantisizing. It was suggested that the elephant may have been caught
in a gas flow and suffocated before being caught.....but it was
definitely pointing (ie running) away from the direction of flow....

cheers, martin