59:6.4 170,000,000 years ago great [[evolutionary]] [[changes]] and [[adjustments]] were taking place over the entire face of the [[earth]]. [[Land]] was rising all over the world as the [[ocean]] beds were sinking. Isolated mountain ridges appeared. The eastern part of North America was high above the sea; the west was slowly rising. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continents continents] were covered by great and small [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_lakes salt lakes] and numerous inland seas which were connected with the [[oceans]] by narrow straits. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratigraphy strata] of this [[transition]] period vary in thickness from 1,000 to 7,000 feet. | 59:6.4 170,000,000 years ago great [[evolutionary]] [[changes]] and [[adjustments]] were taking place over the entire face of the [[earth]]. [[Land]] was rising all over the world as the [[ocean]] beds were sinking. Isolated mountain ridges appeared. The eastern part of North America was high above the sea; the west was slowly rising. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continents continents] were covered by great and small [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_lakes salt lakes] and numerous inland seas which were connected with the [[oceans]] by narrow straits. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratigraphy strata] of this [[transition]] period vary in thickness from 1,000 to 7,000 feet. |