Re: walking on (post?) K/T eggshells

[Danvarner@aol.com]

In a message dated 6/10/02 7:48:34 PM Eastern Daylight Time, TiJaWi@agron.iastate.edu writes:


<< Firstly, can you be certain that teeth and eggshells of the non-avian
dinosaur variety were captured in sediment (and ultmately fossilized) soon
after they were shed/layed?  And I don't mean that they were reworked.  I
mean that these remains were exposed for many thousands of years before
being buried and the process of fossilization began.  I've heard of
subfossil remains (eggs and bones) from moa and elephant birds dating back
many millennia. >>


       Yes! I like my non-avian dinosaur eggs just like I like the chicken eggs I bought at the store this morning. I looked inside the container to make sure they were all intact. Give me an intact non-avian dinosaur egg or >something< in the way of an articulated non-avian dinosaur skeleton in Paleocene deposits, then I might get interested. There ought to be some type of criteria, right? Or are we going to get this endless string of "Lazarus" jive? DV