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16. Discontinuous fossil sequences.
Coelacanth, Wollemi pine and various “index” fossils, which are present
in supposedly ancient strata, are missing in strata representing many
millions of years since, but still living today. Such discontinuities speak
against the interpretation of the rock formations as vast geological
ages—how could Coelacanths have avoided being fossilized for 65
million years, for example?

17. Lack of plant fossils in many formations containing abundant animal / herbivore fossils.
The Morrison Formation (Jurassic) in Montana and the Coconino sandstone in the Grand Canyon have
many track-ways (animals), but is almost devoid of plants. Implication: these rocks are not ecosystems
of an “era” buried in situ over eons of time as evolutionists claim. The evidence is more consistent with
catastrophic transport then burial during the massive global Flood of Noah’s day. This eliminates
supposed evidence for millions of years.

18. Para(pseudo) conformities—
One rock stratum sits on top of another rock stratum but with supposedly millions of years of geological
time missing, yet the contact plane lacks any significant erosion; that is, it is a “flat gap”. For example,
Coconino sandstone / Hermit shale in the Grand Canyon
(supposedly a 10 million-year gap in time). The thick Schnebly Hill
Formation (sandstone) lies between the Coconino and Hermit in
central Arizona.

19. Raindrops and ripple marks and Animal tracks.
The presence of ephemeral markings (raindrop marks, ripple
marks, animal tracks) at the boundaries of paraconformities show
that the upper rock layer has been deposited immediately after the
lower one, eliminating many millions of “gap” time.

20. Cambrian creatures living today.
A fossil creature from the phylum Entoprocta (invertebrate animals that have tentacles and
lacking a mineralized skeleton) was found in marked abundance (over 400 individuals) in
Burgess Shale. The Burgess is a sedimentary layer that's purportedly part of the Cambrian

period about a half-billion years ago, according to evolutionists. The problem for
paleontologists is that the supposedly 520 million year old creature looks exactly like its
living counterparts, only up to 8 eight times larger.

The Cambrian geologic system is an enigma for the evolutionary paradigm. If evolution is
true, life would have started out simple and then evolved in complexity over time. The
Cambrian system is one of the oldest geological layers containing billions of sophisticated
fossils, supposedly formed after the Precambrian system. The Precambrian layers contain
"simple" single-celled life, but also have jellyfish and annelids (worms).

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