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To the Ark, and Back Again? Using the Marsupial Fossil Record to Investigate the Post-Flood Boundary

Arment, Chad (2020) To the Ark, and Back Again? Using the Marsupial Fossil Record to Investigate the Post-Flood Boundary. Answers Research Journal, 13: 1. pp. 1-22. ISSN 1937-9056

Abstract

There is no debate as contentious as the post-Flood boundary issue within creation science. Given that testing theories is as important as developing them, this paper offers a method to test the placement of a post-Flood boundary at different points in the stratigraphic record. Marsupial fossil presence in strata below and above a suggested post-Flood boundary can be used to calculate the likelihood of those genera being found on a single continent (notably Australia or South America) both before and after the Flood. These calculations suggest that post-Flood boundary placements in the Cenozoic, within the continents noted, face a difficult challenge. Other fossil groups with high continental endemism may be similarly useful in this type of calculation. This paper's results have implications for post-Flood biogeographic modeling.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: Q Science (General) > QE Geology > QE760 Paleontology
Q Science (General) > QS Creation Science (General) > QS7 The Genesis Flood
Q Science (General) > QH Natural History. Biology > QH103.1 Biogeography
Depositing User: Admin
Date Deposited: 04 Sep 2026 23:43
Last Modified: 04 Sep 2026 23:43
URI: https://crsq.creationresearch.org/id/eprint/1669

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