[meteorite-list] OT: The T-Rex of Prehistoric Earthworms or Pseudofossil?

From: Paul <etchplain_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2017 18:01:01 -0500
Message-ID: <96b19859-ca2f-f7fa-b66a-109ee1f01ead_at_att.net>

I know that this is off-topic. However, it is not often that
a person finds a rock that is weirder than a meteorite.
Scientists cannot even agree whether it is a fossil or not.
The latest theory is that this rock is the fossil of the
T-Rex of earthworms. Go see the open access paper at:

Broughton, P.L. 2017: Enigmatic origin of massive
Late Cretaceous-to-Neogene coprolite-like deposits
in North America: a novel palaeobiological alternative to
inorganic morphogenesis. Lethaia, Vol. 50, 194?216.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/let.12186/epdf
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/let.12186/full

A related paper is:

Yancey, T.E., Mustoe, G.E., Leopold, E.B. and Heizler,
M.T., 2013. Mudflow disturbance in latest Miocene
forests in Lewis County, Washington. Palaios,
Vol. 28(6), 343-358.
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.957.6112&rep=rep1&type=pdf
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/George_Mustoe/publication/266138598_Mudflow_disturbance_in_latest_Miocene_forests_in_Lewis_County_Washington/links/542608920cf238c6ea7785e0.pdf

Meteorwrongs are common compared to the above
pseudofossils / fossil earthworm. :-)

Yours,

Paul H.
Received on Mon 24 Apr 2017 07:01:01 PM PDT