What you are looking for is "Continents Adrift: New Orthodoxy or Persuasive Joker?" by R. S. DIETZ and J. C. HOLDEN, 1973. In "Implications of Continental Drift to the Earth Sciences, Vol 2" Nato Advanced Studies Institute, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, April 10-14, 1972, D. Tarling & S. K. Runcorn (eds.), Academic Press, London, pp. 1105-1121.
There is a link to the full text here: http://www30.us.archive.org/stream/collectedreprint1973atla/collectedreprint1973atla_djvu.txt without images. If you search for Glossopstompodon within the page you will find the article.
All the best,
Alan
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From: Tectonics & structural geology discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Krueger, Scot
Sent: 23 October 2012 17:22
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Subject: Seeking old plate tectonic humor article
I was wondering if anyone on this discussion board can help me track down a humorous article from the early days of plate tectonics that I recall stumbling upon in the MIT geology library as an undergraduate many years ago. I have recently been searching every database I can find and am coming up empty.
My memory of it is growing dim, but I recall it was a tongue-in-cheek defense of the anti-continental drift position that included references to an odd dinosaur, termed something like Glossastompadon Loathafoliata, that it claimed was responsible for stomping out all attempts by a certain plant to spread between continents (there was even a cartoon illustrating the idea). I believe there was also a reference to "jumping plates" to explain how Madagascar popped out from one of the African lakes to reach its current location. I cannot recall much of the rest, but I remember finding it hysterically funny at the time. I never wrote down the volume where I found it and have not been able to track it down since (and I've tried many times). Is anybody out there able to save my sanity by pointing me to this article before I convince myself that I must have dreamed it up?
Thanks in advance.
Scot Krueger
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