"(And by the way, a couple of years ago, another outcropping of very ancient fossils was found near the Burgess Shale in Canada. Remember... these fossils, which originally lived under water were found at 8000 ft altitude. It takes awhile to get up there.)" Bill D

My birth family had a comfortable answer for that, Bill. They believed that in the Great Flood shells all over the world were left behind as the water receded.

Incidentally I'm not sure what premise this thread is built upon. I read in the other thread from time to time but got bored and quit some time ago.