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DARWINISM REFUTED

Above, a freshwater turtle, some 45 million
years old, found in Germany. On the right the
remains of the oldest known marine turtle.
This 110-million-year-old fossil, found in
Brazil, is identical to specimens living today.

Flying Reptiles

One interesting group within the reptile class are flying reptiles.
These first emerged some 200 million years ago in the Upper Triassic, but
subsequently became extinct. These creatures were all reptiles, because
they possessed all the fundamental characteristics of the reptile class. They
were cold-blooded (i.e., they could not regulate their own internal heat)
and their bodies were covered in scales. But they possessed powerful
wings, and it is thought that these allowed them to fly.
Flying reptiles are portrayed in some popular evolutionist
publications as paleontological discoveries that support Darwinism—at
least, that is the impression given. However, the origin of flying reptiles is
actually a real problem for the theory of evolution. The clearest indication
of this is that flying reptiles emerged suddenly and fully formed, with no
intermediate form between them and terrestrial reptiles. Flying reptiles
possessed perfectly created wings, which no terrestrial reptile possesses.
No half-winged creature has ever been encountered in the fossil record.

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