From: George Murphy (gmurphy@raex.com)
Date: Thu Oct 23 2003 - 09:19:46 EDT
Keith Miller wrote:
>
> > I have heard from YECs that there is no transitional connection between
> > intevertebrates and vetebrates. Presumably, if this transition
> > occurred,
> > it should be well preserved in the fossil record, unlesss of course it
> > occurred back in the shadows of the PreCambrian where the fossil record
> > is scant.
>
> The transition appears to have taken place in the early Cambrian.
> There is a fossil record for forms that cross this transition.
> References to some of the fossil descriptions and interpretations are
> included below:
>
> J-Y, Chen, J. Dzik, G.D. Edgecombe, L. Ramskold, and G-Q Zhou, "A
> possible early Cambrian chordate," Nature 377 (1995): 720-722.
>
> J-Y Chen, D-Y Huang, and C-W Li, "An early Cambrian craniate-like
> chordate," Nature 402 (1999): 518-522.
>
> D-G Shu, et al., "Lower Cambrian vertebrates from south China," Nature
> 402 (1999): 42-46.
>
> There are some other more recent articles.
>
> This transition is included in my discussion of transitional forms in
> my edited book "Perspectives on an Evolving Creation."
Keith -
You may already have seen it in a more scholarly setting, but this brief item in
today's Akron Beacon Journal seems relevant.
AUSTRALIA
_Farmer finds fossil of ancient vertebrate_
A tadpole-shaped fossil, believed to be the oldest vertebrate ever found, has
been uncovered by a farmer, a museum paleontologist said Wednesday. The fossil is
believed to be 560 million years old - 30 million years older than the previous record.
Not a lot of detail I'm afraid.
Shalom,
George
George L. Murphy
gmurphy@raex.com
http://web.raex.com/~gmurphy/
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