From: Jim Armstrong (jarmstro@qwest.net)
Date: Thu Oct 23 2003 - 11:09:57 EDT
Here's CNN's version - JimA
Farmer uncovers 'oldest' fishlike fossil
<http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/science/10/22/old.fossil.ap/>
George Murphy wrote:
>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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