tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29198218.post2289285450606543998..comments2007-01-13T15:40:29.712+11:00Comments on Saving Gwondanaland: When was the Cretaceous Period?normhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03064736990200219176noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29198218.post-34723092022975865572007-01-13T15:40:00.000+11:002007-01-13T15:40:00.000+11:00Thanks for your comments will. Yes I like the Meth...Thanks for your comments will. Yes I like the Methane "burp" theory (there may have been several, I might discuss those in a later post) and yes the Eocene is more recent.<br /><br />But somehow the eocene event hasn't made the Big 5 extinctions list in the text books(yet!)<br /><br />By the way, I don't entirley agree with tim, cause sharks and crocodiles are bloddy big they made it through. However tim's book is still worth a read, (generally) well researched and put together in a readable fashion.normhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03064736990200219176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29198218.post-4007300767921527532007-01-13T04:04:00.000+11:002007-01-13T04:04:00.000+11:00WRT to Tim Flannery's comment, it isn't quite true...WRT to Tim Flannery's comment, it isn't <i>quite</i> true. There was an extinction at the end of the Eocene related to the methane 'burps' and very warm warming: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/91/Extinction_Intensity.png<br /><br />I'm sure that you knew that though.Will Bairdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07562404098136557872noreply@blogger.com