Re: Dinosaur footprint trackway NOT found

[MKIRKALDY@aol.com]

In a message dated 11/7/2008 7:39:59 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
2esses@roadrunner.com  writes:
http://apnews.myway.com//article/20081107/D94AB3G00.html
Dinosaur Experts Bust Up Prehistoric Party Theory
SALT LAKE CITY  (AP) - So maybe there was no dinosaur dancing after all.
Paleontologists say there are no signs of dinosaur tracks at  a
remote spot along the Utah-Arizona border that was  previously
described by University of Utah geologists as a  "dinosaur dance
floor" for its density of tracks.  <SNIP>
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Considering that the geologists claim that they had been studying  the site 
for two years, could find 4 types of prints, and could formulate  behavior 
scenarios, it seems ironic that a team of real print experts could  dismiss the 
dinosaur prints as potholes with one visit.  Also, beware of  intuition in 
science:
 
"His intuition suddenly told him the Dino tracks depressions were not  
erosion-caused potholes, common in sandstone, but rather impressions left by  
hordes 
of dinosaurs. Two years of further study corroborated his hunch,  documenting 
what may have been a veritable "dinosaur dance floor" recorded in  the 
three-quarter-acre site, according to findings Seiler published this month  in 
the 
paleontology journal Palaois."

I wonder who reviewed the paper?  
 
See the original news story at:
http://www.sltrib.com/contents/ci_10771175
 
Mary
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