Here is one last pitch of John’s range theory.

Our core samples of Noah’s ark are Quercus virginiana. That’s the current problem. John’s notebooks say Constantine Rafinesque named genus Gopherus. I read that’s true. His notes say he had to. Why? Because Carolus Linnaeus had already named genus Quercus. The species name virginiana was gone too. John says Carolus named the species. Several sites say Philip Miller did. Which is it? Obviously neither of them, Carolus nor Philip, knew about the core samples.

Is a Southern live oak native to Virginia, he asks here, is it virgin Virginian? John writes, yes, of course, but at the range’s extreme northeast edge. Francois Daudin had named species polyphemus already. The name Quercus (Carolus’) was gone, the name virginiana (Carolus’ or Philip’s) was gone, and the name polyphemus (Francois’) was gone, so Constantine named the genus Gopherus, according to John, for a common range. Noted here is western US was a frontier area not known (classified) yet. Was genus Gopherus and its species polyphemus classified first? Here it says it was, before the remaining three Gopherus’ species were. John says it was Constantine’s only choice at the time, but I disagree.

The question is did Constantine know the ark was Southern live oak? John says yes, he knew. I say no, he didn’t know. If he did know about the ark’s core samples, then the Gopherwood Range Theory holds water. On the other hand if Constantine didn’t know, then the common range naming of Southern live oak and Gopher tortoise at the time is nothing more than a coincidence. Best I can tell, neither Carolus, Philip, Francois, nor Constantine, knew.

Verification that Noah’s ark gopher wood is Southern live oak (Quercus virginiana) by independent laboratories is expected soon. Should the University of North Texas student’s 1999 classification be disproven, these notebooks will be pitched.

Thanks.

By hollowstem coring the arks’ (both) locations then comparing the core samples. It was quite easy. Cored wood species from 8ft below GL at Heelstone was identical to cored wood species from 40ft below GL at Noah’s Ark. Here’s the short version from Cayce Enterprises, Inc.

8ft below GL at Heelstone: Southern live oak; Quercus virginiana
40ft below GL at Noah’s Ark: Southern live oak; Quercus virginiana

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Heelstone
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Gopher_wood

‘Round these parts Alex we call it Plano simple.

Follow links.

Kopher means something by which one covers something, hence pitch. The derivation of the pitch, whether it be petroleum, or botanically based, is not relevant to its definition.

http://www.worldwideflood.com/ark/pitch/pitch.htm

Noah’s ark core samples and the Heelstone core samples contain a residue of Pinus palustris pine tar from the Longleaf pine. Pinus palustris, after Philip Miller, botanist.

http://www.maritime.org/conf/conf-kaye-tar.htm

Any pine trees in Southeastern U.S.?
Any gophers there?