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>>...and how do the tiny little reptiles survive this process?
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>A lot of them probably died. But enough of them survived that during the
>Coconino depostion they were able to leave millions of trackways.
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Millions survived? Or are you saying a dozen (figuratively speaking; the
exact number is immaterial as long as it was low) were so energetic (despite
malnutrition and unimaginable stress) that they scampered all over the
exposed sediments, virtually non-stop, until they finally drowned?
Why didn't snakes survive with them, or toads, or turtles, or field mice?
Kevin L. O'Brien