Some Rabbis consider(ed) Holy Land was an Exception from the Flood

I think they have just been proven wrong:

Israeli geologists find unprecedented 85 million-year-old reptile remains
http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Israeli-geologists-find-unprecedented-85-million-year-old-reptile-remains-390633

Elasmosaurus, related to dinosaurs, lived in sea when Israel was covered in ocean 200 m. deep, researcher says.