Creation Science

Young Earth Creation Science Argument Index

 

D74:  Two Arizona Cowboys shot and killed a pterodactyl

 

Edited by Greg Neyman

 

Argument: 

In the late 1800s, two Arizona cowboys shot and killed a pterodactyl.  It was reported in the Tombstone Epitaph newspaper

Source:   http://www.1timothy4-13.com/files/bible/dino.html
 

Response: 

 

  1. No evidence exists to prove the existence of this story

  2. The team sent to examine the specimen could not find it

  3. The alleged pterodactyl was 92 feet in length, with a wingspan of 160 feet.  No pterodactyls of this size have ever been found in the fossil record.  It was also purported to have been loaded in a wagon and brought to town.  No wagons of this size existed in 19th century Arizona

  4. Young earth arguments obtained from cowboys should not be relied upon as scientific evidence

 

For a full explanation, see http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2843/is_3_26/ai_85932616

 

 

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