.... the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. Genesis 7:11
What Really was the "Ancient Storm" that could cause such MASSIVE GRAVEYARDS and place Graveyards On Top of the Canadian ROCKY MOUNTAINS?...
"An international team of paleontologists has discovered an early Cambrian fossil site in China — the Qingjiang biota — that contains a variety of specimens, more than half of which are
previously undescribed. The fossil site rivals previously described Cambrian sites, such as the Burgess Shale of British Columbia and the Chengjiang fossil site in China’s Yunnan province, and should help to elucidate biological innovation and diversification during the Cambrian period.
The discovery of the Qingjiang site — new Burgess Shale-type Lagerstätte (a geologist’s term for a deposit of extraordinarily well-preserved fossils) — was made by Northwest University’s Dr. Dongjing Fu almost by accident.
The paleontologists were working in the mountains and came down to the banks of the Danshui River, located in Hubei Province, when they noticed some rocks had an odd pin-striped pattern — a telltale sign of layers of mud deposited rapidly by ancient storms similar to those found at the famous Chengjiang site.
“One of the most incredible things about this finding is the pristine
condition of many of these specimens — fossils that haven’t been substantially affected by impacts of time, and in them you can clearly see soft tissues like eyes, tentacles and gills.”said Professor Robert Gaines.
The excellent preservation of the Qingjiang fossils reveals fine morphological details of some of the life-forms that lived in Cambrian seas,...the Qingjiang biota appears to contain a high proportion of jellyfish, or cnidarians, and comb jellies.
The Burgess Shale, a vast deposit of fossil-bearing rocks in the Canadian Rockies, was discovered in 1909. The Burgess and Chengjiang sites share only about 15 percent of the same taxa.
But the Qingjiang and Chengjiang sites, are separated by only 1,050 kilometers today, share only 8 percent of their taxa. Even after 110 years of digging in the Burgess Shale region, paleontologists are still turning up rich new sites and bizarre new creatures."
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What Really was the "Ancient Storm" that could cause such MASSIVE GRAVEYARDS and place Graveyards On Top of the Canadian ROCKY MOUNTAINS?...
"An international team of paleontologists has discovered an early Cambrian fossil site in China — the Qingjiang biota — that contains a variety of specimens, more than half of which are
The discovery of the Qingjiang site — new Burgess Shale-type Lagerstätte (a geologist’s term for a deposit of extraordinarily well-preserved fossils) — was made by Northwest University’s Dr. Dongjing Fu almost by accident.
The paleontologists were working in the mountains and came down to the banks of the Danshui River, located in Hubei Province, when they noticed some rocks had an odd pin-striped pattern — a telltale sign of layers of mud deposited rapidly by ancient storms similar to those found at the famous Chengjiang site.
“One of the most incredible things about this finding is the pristine
The excellent preservation of the Qingjiang fossils reveals fine morphological details of some of the life-forms that lived in Cambrian seas,...the Qingjiang biota appears to contain a high proportion of jellyfish, or cnidarians, and comb jellies.
The Burgess Shale, a vast deposit of fossil-bearing rocks in the Canadian Rockies, was discovered in 1909. The Burgess and Chengjiang sites share only about 15 percent of the same taxa.
But the Qingjiang and Chengjiang sites, are separated by only 1,050 kilometers today, share only 8 percent of their taxa. Even after 110 years of digging in the Burgess Shale region, paleontologists are still turning up rich new sites and bizarre new creatures."
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