That separate from their size, form, eating habits etc. they were sorted onto these mats by genetics?
No! These mats floated above the flood waters, not like the creatures that perished within the surface of the earth that became the fossil record.
You seem to have misunderstood the question entirely.
I am asking :
1) Are you saying that these mats floated to particular places like Australia, south america, antarctica etc. and that this floating of mats with PARTICULAR groups of animals explains the location of groups of animals that we see today. Yes or no?
2) If that is what you are saying then explain how the animals happened to be grouped the way they are. Is this because they were on one or more mats that happened to float to the specific places? Yes or No?
3)If yes to both are you saying that the sorting was done based on the genetics of the animals? yes or no?
My question did not mention the fossil record at all. Why did you introduce it?