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the Glossopteris was a fernlike plant that lived 250 million years ago and glossopteris fossils have been found in rocks in Africa,South america,Australia,india,and Antarctica.there are other fossils like the fresh water reptiles mesosaurus and lystrosaurus.
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What observations led to Alfred wegener to develop the hypothesis of continental drift?
The observation that led Alfred Wegener to develop the hypothesis of continental drift was that the continents looked like a puzzle that could fit together and then found out that fossils of similar kind and whats left of similar plants were found on opposite sides of the world.
What are the soil and rocks left behind by a glacier called?
Glacial drift.
Pieces of bones shells or plants left behind are called wat?
fossils?
Fossils formed when an organism dissolves and leaves an empty space in a rock are called?
Voids left behind by once present fossils are called 'trace fossils'.
What fossils formed when an organism dissolves and leaves an empty space in a rock are called?
Voids left behind by once present fossils are called 'trace fossils'.
How does a rock from the seabed end up in areas with no beaches?
Possibly from continental drift or maybe glaciers transported them during the ice age. You can find sea shells in wyoming as high as the continental divide. Maybe at one time those mountains were actually below sea level and continetal drift pushed them way above sea level but left some sea life behind.
After the last ice age stranded ice blocks left behind by the continental glacier melted and formed what?
After the last ice age stranded ice blocks left behind by the continental glacier melted and formed lakes.
How did people know dinosaurs are real?
When a dino dies, it becomes a fossil. We know that the dinosaurs existed because they left behind fossils we see today.
What parts of plants and animals are left behind?
When an animal dies, usually only the bones remain and turn into fossils.
What are imprint fossils?
They are preserved forms of animal or anything else that was left behind form thousand and thousand of years ago.
How does paleontology add to our understanding of earth's history?
By studying animals without backbones, animals with backbones , fossils of plant's track left behind by animals and piece together the conditions under which fossils were formed.
After the last ice age stranded ice blocks left behind by the continental glacier melted and formed?
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