To: KC_Lion
Alaska was not where it is now during the time of the dinosaurs.
3 posted on
07/30/2019 7:34:20 PM PDT by
Deaf Smith
(When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's fore sure)
To: Deaf Smith; KC_Lion
"As you can imagine, in Anchorage, there aren't many crayfish near us. That's a paleoclimate indicator because it means it was warmer back then because the closest crayfish to us is probably southern Canada. So, to be up there at that time, the world must have been a little warmer." 70 million years ago Alaska could have been substantially further south.
But, right now Alaska and the North American Plate is moving south and the Pacific Plate is moving north.
5 posted on
07/30/2019 7:54:22 PM PDT by
Pontiac
(The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit)
To: Deaf Smith
Pretty close, but not exactly. What would become Alaska was way up there in latitude.
15 posted on
07/31/2019 4:39:26 AM PDT by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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