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* [[Polystrate fossils]] indicate that successive layers have formed quickly.
 
* [[Polystrate fossils]] indicate that successive layers have formed quickly.
 
* There is often no evidence of the soil that the plant material grew in, suggesting that the plant material was washed into place.
 
* There is often no evidence of the soil that the plant material grew in, suggesting that the plant material was washed into place.
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Recent finds such as the world's largest fossil forest in the [[Illinois]] Herrin coal bed, a 6-foot-thick strip mined by a subsidiary of Peabody Coal, would seem to cast doubt on this theory, as two other actively mined Illinois coal seams, the Danville and the Springfield, which sit above and below the Herrin, respectively, appear to be separated by about a half-million years of geological time. <ref>http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/sciencemedicine/story/6E9003B041B59699862572C7000F4E02?OpenDocument</ref>
      
==References==
 
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