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evidence of the disruption may be lacking and special pleading may be required using fossils or
radiometric dating.

Some “index fossils” from the column are still alive today. An example of this is the
monoplacophoran mollusk Pilina, which might otherwise be considered diagnostic of
the Silurian System, except for the startling discovery that Neopilina lives today, and,
therefore, would be expected in any system overlying the Silurian.
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14. Evidence for Humans Living at Same Time as Ancient Fossils.
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It is known that the trilobite existed between 280 million and 320 million
years ago. A local rock hound in Antelope Springs named William J. Meister
was hunting for trilobites along a hillside near Antelope Springs, Utah in
1968 when he broke open a slab and discovered something curious: an
oblong shape that he took for a human sandal print. This was quite
shocking since the rock at this locality is identified as the middle Cambrian
Wheeler Formation--over 500 million years old. The supposed sandal print
measured approximately 10 1/2 inches by 3 1/2 inches, and occurred on
both sides of the slab (with opposite relief). The specimen included what Meister took as a heel
demarcation, as well as several small trilobites. Dr. Melvin. A. Cook, a renowned chemist at the
University of Utah has confirmed the authenticity of the sandal print, “Quite obviously this footprint
could not be the result of any carving, since, until found by Meister, it was covered by the strata above.”

15. Evidence of Polystrate Fossils
Numerous examples of trees that have been petrified and pass
through several layers of rocks have been discovered in the
fossil record. These stone trees are embedded vertically in the
layers of the Geological Column, supposedly across thousands
or millions years of time. This is an evolutionist’s nightmare.
Creationists have explained this scientifically, using the Flood
model, demonstrating that the catastrophic force of
floodwaters and movement of the surface of the earth
dislodged these trees. As the sediments began to fall making
layers of rock, so did the weighted, unbalanced trees. They landed vertically in the sediments. When the
earth began to drain, the sedimentary rocks were hardened in layers surrounding the tree, making it a
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geological phenomenon.

93 https://www.grisda.org/origins-03056
94 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meister_Print#:~:text=In%201868%2C%20William%20Meister%20was,was%20use
d%20by%20Melvin%20A.
95 John Morris, The Young Earth Master Books, Green Forest, AR, 1994 pp 93-117
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