"Was a small pond an allosaur graveyard?
Observation: “The Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry is the densest collection of Jurassic dinosaur fossils,” Science Daily says. “Unlike typical Jurassic bone beds, it is dominated by the famous predatory dinosaur Allosaurus.”
Explanation: the beasts died in droughts, but their carcasses washed into a small pond over and over “in flood periods” and rotted, such that pond creatures and other dinosaurs didn’t want to eat them. Is that credible? Look at the problem:
---There are no gnaw marks on the bones, suggesting the animals were not fighting or preyed upon by other dinosaurs after they died.
---If the site was a small pond, there is an “unusual lack of typical pond fossils at the site.”
Also found are “calcite and barite concretions found on bones excavated from the quarry.” It doesn’t sound like this latest story is any better than the previous “numerous hypotheses” that were proposed.
Maybe it’s time to think outside the box and let some creation paleontologists have their say."
CEH
And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; Genesis 6:17
Observation: “The Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry is the densest collection of Jurassic dinosaur fossils,” Science Daily says. “Unlike typical Jurassic bone beds, it is dominated by the famous predatory dinosaur Allosaurus.” Explanation: the beasts died in droughts, but their carcasses washed into a small pond over and over “in flood periods” and rotted, such that pond creatures and other dinosaurs didn’t want to eat them. Is that credible? Look at the problem:
Since its discovery in the 1920s, numerous hypotheses have been proposed to explain the origin of the quarry. Were the dinosaurs poisoned? Did they die due to drought? Were they trapped in thick mud?Other observations call for explanation.
---There are no gnaw marks on the bones, suggesting the animals were not fighting or preyed upon by other dinosaurs after they died.
---If the site was a small pond, there is an “unusual lack of typical pond fossils at the site.”
Also found are “calcite and barite concretions found on bones excavated from the quarry.” It doesn’t sound like this latest story is any better than the previous “numerous hypotheses” that were proposed.
Maybe it’s time to think outside the box and let some creation paleontologists have their say."
CEH
And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; Genesis 6:17