There is still space to join David on the dig this September. Click here to view the brochure
Each year, I lead a paleontological dig in western Kansas at a site classified as part of the Niobrara Formation.
The first time that I was in this area I did not expect to find that as I walked through the formations, I was stepping on tens of thousands of fossilized clams, some in broken fragments, some half-shells, some extremely large, up to a foot in diameter, and some which were preserved in their entirety, in a fully closed position (indicative of rapid burial).
My team has found portions of 12 ft long sharks, giant Scissortail Xiphactinus, and even Mosasaur. In this area, a Mosasaur (a giant marine predator similar to a sea-dragon or leviathan) has been found over 50 feet long! Did I mention that this is in Kansas, over 1,000 miles from the nearest ocean at 2,500 feet above sea level?
What would preserve these tens of thousands of specimens so perfectly? A rapid catastrophic event that would have covered the animals with layer upon layer of sediment and soil would explain what is observed.
We find just such an event in the Biblical record, when we read the account of Noah’s flood in Genesis. The fountains of the great deep were opened, and hundreds of feet of sediment would have been stirred up, shifted, and re-deposited, burying millions of creatures quickly around the globe.
I’m David Rives, Truly, the Heavens Declare the Glory of God.
P.S. If you are interested in joining me on one of these digs, just text the word “DINO” to 931-212-7990 and we can send you more information.
There is still space to join David on the dig this September. Click here to view the brochure