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Name a fossil that was found on different continents and was used to support the theory of continental drift?
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Used as evidence for continental drift?
There are four things that are used for evidence for the continental drift. The four continental drift was Shape of continents, fossil evidence, glacial evidence and similar rocks found in different continents.
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.
How do fossils support the theory of pangaea?
Similar species of fossil can be found on separate, but adjacent, continents
How do fossils help support the theory of continental drift?
A fossil found on one continent can be found on another continent
What evidence did Alfred Wagner find?
Alfred Wagner find the sea were move 255 million years ago the earth continents were one and it was call pangea. as years pass the earth continents separate and thats why different fossil are found on different continents.
Fossil that was found on a different continents and was used to support the theory of continental drift?
mesosaurus
What is a fossil that was found on different continents and was used to support the theory of continental drift?
1 mesosaur 2 cygnonathus 3 glossopteris 4 lystrosaurus
What was the fossil that was found on different continents and was used to support the theory of continental drift?
They found fossils of the Mesosaurus,Lystosaurus,and I believe the Cyrothagus.Sorry if t his is spelled wrong.
What is the fossil that was found on different continents and was used to support the theory of continental drift?
There was a lot of fossils that were found but the most interesting one is the plant called Glossopteris, it was the only seed-fern plant fossil found.
Why would the fossil of an ocean fish found on two different continents not be good evidence for continental drift?
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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.
How did fossils contribute to the idea of continental drift?
Name a fossil that was found on different continents and was used to support the theory of continental drift.
Explain how fossil evidence was used to support continental drift?
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. Trust point me if this helped, Thanks!
How do you know about continental drift?
Wegner developed this theory not only because many continents appear to fit together like a jigsaw, but also because he had fossil and climate evidence to support the fact that the continents once fit together.
What fossil plant helps support the continental drift?
Glossopteris
How fossils provide evidence for the Continental drift?
The scientists that found the fossils found that were found on different continents. Some of the same fossil were located on each Continent that could only survive in one climate. Therefore, a fossil provided some evidence for the continental drift to be true.
Is fossil evidence used to support continental drift hypothesis?
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