Fossil Frogs

[Shellseeker]

Learn something new...Interesting article on the wire

http://blogs.plos.org/paleo/2012/12/18/fossil-frogs-the-fossil-record-is-not-as-bad-as-you-think-it-is/

But ask any paleontologist directly, and she will tell you that “exceptional” preservation (soft and/or delicate body parts preserved in good detail) is actually pretty common; that some species have hundreds or even thousands of fossil representatives (especially invertebrates, animals without backbones); and that we actually have a pretty good idea of which types of organisms were on the scene and where for the last 3.4 billion years. Although we don’t have dinosaur DNA yet, we do have it from mastodons, Columbian and woolly mammoths, and neanderthals (to name just four extinct species).

[bear-dog]

I'm waiting for the Meg D.N.A. .I want to see the tourist in Fla. complain about the sharks swarming on the coast during the summer.