New Hadrosaur find

Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2009, we were collecting in southern Montana, when my digging buddie, Jordan Hall, found the largest hadrosaur footbone I have ever seen. For years we have offered a cast of a hind leg that was reported to be the largest known. It came from South Dakota. This new one looks to be 15% to 20% larger. Also, this Thursday, a long-time digging friend, Linda, sent a huge metatarsal from South Dakota that is the largest I had even seen. It was found this summer. We'll do some measurements and report on them.

These bones are fascinating in themselves, but, as a Creationist, it strikes me that, once again, the facts challenge the theories. The standard evolution line-up always shows animals going from small to large, as though that is the way evolution works. Well...what happened to the hadrosaurs? They're said to be extinct. But, it looks like from the facts of the fossil record, they were always huge. And bigger ones may be found yet. By the way, Hadrosaurs are very complex animals. There is nothing simple or "primitive" about them. Not to mention that several have been found with skin and internal organs in tact. They fail the little test, they fail the simple test and their mummies fail the millions of years test.