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Fossil Baramins on Noah's Ark: The "Amphibians"
Answers Research Journal (2014)
  • Marcus R. Ross, Liberty University
Abstract

Here I provide a compendium of extinct “amphibian” groups, representatives of which may have been carried aboard Noah’s Ark. Following previous work by the Ark Encounter team, I selected the taxonomic rank of family as a first-order proxy for the biblical “kind.” The resulting tabulation places 54 extinct “amphibian” families/kinds on board the Ark. While this number hinges upon taxonomies built upon fossil data (and its inherent shortcomings compared to extant forms), it serves as a reasonable approximation of the number of fossil “amphibians” taken aboard the Ark. When added to previously determined kinds of extant anurans, caudates, and gymnophionans, a total of 248 “amphibian” kinds may have been brought on board the Ark.

Keywords
  • paleontology,
  • Ark Encounter,
  • baraminology,
  • "kinds",
  • cladistics,
  • amphibians,
  • tetrapods
Publication Date
September 17, 2014
Citation Information
Marcus R. Ross. "Fossil Baramins on Noah's Ark: The "Amphibians"" Answers Research Journal Vol. 7 Iss. 4 (2014)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/marcus_ross/17/