One of several competing models, Hydroplate Theory (HPT) was proposed to simulate the initiation and ensuing tectonics of the Genesis Flood. HPT posits that wave-induced liquefaction sorted strata while subsequent tectonically-induced liquefaction resulted in the succession of faunal forms and the presence of cross-stratification throughout the stratigraphic record. Using the ubiquitous nature of ichnofossils throughout the stratigraphic record as a test point for HPT's liquefaction submodel, this study questions HPT because liquefaction inherently erases ichnofossils by reorganizing the sedimentary fabric. As ichnofossils cannot be formed on the surface where they could be destroyed by liquefaction, Brown claims that ichnofossils were formed in subsurface liquefaction lenses between strata. This proposal not only results in conceptual contradictions and fails to preserve ichnofossils, but also cannot explain the order of terrestrial vertebrate tracks, making the liquefaction model questionable. Similarly, the association of tracks with coal seams challenges HPT's liquefaction concept. Because of these challenges, HPT's stratigraphic liquefaction model fails to coherently explain the nature of the stratigraphic record.