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What kind of fossils are found in South America and South Africa?
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it was the Cynognathus. Cynognathus is an extinct mammal-like reptile. The name literally means 'dog jaw'. Cynognathus was as large as a modern wolf and lived during the early to mid Triassic period (250 to 240 million years ago). It is found as fossils only in South Africa and South America.
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Is there dinosaur fossils in South America?
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How can it be that fossil fern plants found in Polar Regions today and fossils found on the east coast of South America are identical to those found on the west coast of Africa?
even thought all the continents you see today used to be all together in a land called Pangea.then the continental plates shifted and there you find fossils from the polar regions identical to the coast of africa...
Why is cynognathus a good candidate for providing evidence for the continental drift theory?
Its fossils are found in many different places like South America and Africa which support the theory of continental drift.
Can you name the three continents on which rainforests are found?
Rainforests are found on all continents except for Antarctica. Rainforests are found in abundance in Asia, South America, Australia and North America, and to a lesser extent in Africa and even Europe.
Is Sahara some of the earliest human fossils have been found?
No, the Sahara desert is not where some of the earliest human fossils have been found. The earliest human fossils have been discovered in other parts of Africa, such as the Great Rift Valley and South Africa. The Sahara, being a desert, is not conducive to preserving fossils from this early period.
What is mesoaurus?
it is a fossils are found in Africa and South America
Why are the fossils of a Mesosaurus can only be found in South America and Africa?
The reason that Meosaurus fossils can only be found in South America and Africa is that the continents were all together at one time and Africa and South America were touching, at the point Mesosauruses roamed in that area, so when the continents split, the fossils went to different continents.
In the 1960s minerals and fossils in Africa were found to be identical to those in?
South America
Where have dinosaur fossils been found?
Mostly around South America, Africa and Asia
What did Alexander du Toit have to do with plate tectonics?
he found similar fossils on south Africa and south America
How did scientists found out about pangaea?
Scientists found fossils that were from the same dinosaur in South America, Africa, Australia, and Europe.
Is there dinosaur fossils in South America?
There were many dinosaur fossils found in South America. Certain species of dinosaur can only be found in South America such as Argentinasaurus and Giganotosaurus
Where have the Brachiosaurs fossils have been found?
Paleontologists have found fossils of Brachiosaurus in North America and Africa.
Have fossils been found in South Africa?
yes
Evidence that north America and Africa was once joined?
Fossils of the glossopteris fern, which have been found across South America, Africa, India, Antarctica, and Australia. Fossil eveidence of a triassic land reiple lystrosaurus are also found across Africa, India, Antarctica and Australia.
What fossils prove continental drift true?
Scientists have found the same types of fossils on the west coast of Africa and the east coast of South America that have only been found in those areas.
What biological evidence supports plate tectonic theory?
Identical fossils found on different continents, such as Africa and South America were strong evidence that they were once connected. Marsupials found in Australia also have direct links to ones found in North and South America.
