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Explain how fossil evidence was used to support continental drift?
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∙ 12y ago
Fossils of the same animal species where found across different continents , so that means back then when the world was a super continent those continents were probably next to each other.
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Is fossil evidence used to support continental drift hypothesis?
booglishullisj
What are pieces of evidence that support the idea of Pangaea?
Continental Fit, Fossil Evidence and Sea floor Spreading. I just did this in science a month ago. :)
What are the three pieces of evidence that supports continental drift theory?
Climate fossil and fossil climate
What fossil plant helps support the continental drift?
Glossopteris
Does fossil evidence support wegner's theory?
yes
What was the weakness of wegeners proposal of continental drift?
an absence of fossil evidence
Which one of following pieces of evidence did wegener usee to support his theory of continental drift?
The 100% correct answer is A similar fossil was found in Africa, South America, Australia, India, and Antarctica.
How does fossil evidence from the ancestors of whales support evolution?
hard core
What pieces of evidence Alfred wegener used to support his theory?
The pieces of evidence Alfred Wegener used to support his theory about continental drift were; Puzzle Fit, Fossil evidence from animals that were once on the same continent, geologic evidence like mountain chains that were connected and now split apart, and ice sheets. Thank you for reading this article and I hoped it answered your question!
What evidence of land feautures did Alfred wegener use?
Alfred Wegener used various pieces of evidence to support his theory of continental drift, including the fit of the continents, rock and fossil similarities across continents, glacial evidence, and similar geological features on different continents.
Fossil that was found on a different continents and was used to support the theory of continental drift?
mesosaurus
Whtat ways do the fossils help support the hypothesis of continental drift?
what ways do fossils hepl support the hypothesis of the continental drift?ANSWER: fossil plants like glossopteris.
