Re: Ancient tetrapod predator

On Wed, 3 Jul 2024 15:56:13 -0700, the following appeared in
talk.origins, posted by John Harshman
<john.harshman@gmail.com>:

On 7/3/24 3:04 PM, RonO wrote:

https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/fossils-show-huge-salamanderlike-predator-sharp-fangs-existed-111645297
 
The giant salamander with fangs may have lived 280 million years ago,
and they claim that Namibia was in a much colder region of the world at
that time (they claim glacial region).
 
Click on the link in the fourth paragraph and you can get a copy of the
Nature article to read, otherwise the article is pay walled.
 
Ron Okimoto
 

What do you mean by "they claim"? Are you trying to cast doubt on the
Permian glaciation? There's plenty of evidence for it.
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It sounded to me that he was saying that there is a claim
that the region now known as Namibia was glaciated. I have
no Idea whether it was, but IIRC there were many regions
which weren't glaciated, just as in all known glaciations.
That he may have been "cast(ing) doubt on the Permian
glaciation" overall seems a bit of a stretch.

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