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Article
Fossil Baramins on Noah's Ark: The "Amphibians"
Answers Research Journal
(2014)
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
Disciplines
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/