What do you guys think about situations like these. Where a fossil

Supposedly those are select cases where it happened real quick.. So how are we supposed to know which layers are ancient and which aren't?

I have a large bone for you to examine

>>8735982
A few things: Trees used to have retardedly long lifespans, and before the advent of land life blooming, there were few or no natural decomposers, so forests could die standing up. Also, it's possible for a geological event such as a volcano eruption, earthquake, or landslide to encase the fossil in question in rock, setting it there.

>>8735982
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polystrate_fossil

>>8735982
Looks like the tree itself is hosted within a sandstone succession. Although those layers may have taken millions of years to form, it was likely much faster than that. There don't appear to be any major erosive surfaces within the succession hosting the tree. In reality sedimentation rates can be extremely rapid, particularly within a sandstone succession such as this. Look around online for articles on modern sedimentation rates if you want a reference.

Also the tree fossil likely has been silicified based on the fact that it is eroding much less rapidly than the surrounding sandstones.

>>8735982
I'ma offer a couple of scenarios.

1 -- Tree in swampy area that get's flooded, tree is now in an anaerobic stagnant pond bottom where it lasts for many, many years as silt slowly fills in the pond.

2 -- Tree is near volcano that erupts repeatedly, dumping multiple layers of ash over the course of weeks or months.

3 -- God is playing with you.

>>8735982
I'd be more worried about that fossilized hammer to the left of it than the tree.

>>8736068
>https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polystrate_fossil
Interesting read, thanks for posting.

>>8737331
>2017
>still going on about the fucking hammer when the fucking fossilized spark plug is available for going on about.

>>8735982
have you heard of Krakatoa?

> What do you guys think about situations like these.

They make me want to suck god's cock so that he likes me more.