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How do you explain the fact that we have not a single fossil of the passenger pigeon? There used to be millions and millions of them flying around. It was probably the most populous bird species on the planet before it went extinct.Edited by Taz, : No reason given.

You didn't answer my question. If fossilization is as frequent and easy as you made it out to be, how come we have not a single fossil of this extinct creature that used to number in the millions and billions? Surely, this would be a sign that perhaps fossilization ain't that common to begin with?

I don't know much about fossils, since I'm not a fossil-ologist (pardon the bad grammar ). Are you saying that it takes longer than 100 years for an animal to be fossilized? If this is the case, how do you explain the fossils we've found that show degradable parts of the animal? You're also missing a very important part. The passenger pigeon was around for a lot longer before colonization of the Americas. If there were millions to billions of them and if fossils should be that common, you'd think that there was enough time and chances for them to be fossilized.You sound like an animal absolutely has to go extinct in order for it to be fossilized. Is this what you are saying? I don't have any reference for you. Are you saying there are fossils of the passenger pigeon and that we haven't found any because we haven't been looking?Perhaps you'd like to suggest to your fellow creationists who are working in the field to start searching for passenger pigeon fossils to prove that fossilization does indeed happen more easily and more often?But if you have to ignore questions, don't ignore this one. Are you suggesting that an animal has to go extinct in order for it to be fossilized? You really sounded like the passenger pigeon just came into being 117 years ago and then went extinct in a year so fossilization could only happen from 117 years ago.