I said may be. Since the alleged age of the geology determines fossil age, determining the age of geology is critical. Sometimes the stated age of the geology doesn´t seem right.
I read of one case where the fossil of a standing tree was in two geological strata from top to bottom, strata millions of years apart in age.
If this account was true, then something is wrong.
The account is no more true than is the Cardiff Giant
or the Paluxy Man Tracks. There is something wrong
but it is with the integrity and motives of those
who get into such ignoble activities and claims.
There are uncertainties in any science but geologists are not
stupid.
That fossils range in age from " buried yesterday"
to hundreds of millions of years old is not open
to
reasonable doubt.
In the event, whether said specimen is
120 or 130 million years old is of technical
interest to paleontologists looking to better
understand its role in the ecosystem of
the day, and position in evolution, it is only
a matter of interest, not an existential
matter re the whole meaning of reality.
Our yecs feel that a date older than their flood
or 6 day poof is a threat, possibly a heinous lie
from Satan.
If btw you enjoy driving about and viewing
the land, even a little time spent with a book
of historical geology will do wonders to make
the landscape come alive.
And get a most enjoyable book called
"Basin and Range" by a John McPhee.
If he does not get you going on thinking about
the what and how you are seeing I will be so
surprised.
This is a gift I am offering! Plz take it.