Based on the details provided, give a simple illustration of distribution of fossils as an evidence of Continental Drift Theory. Details: • The observations that Lemurs occur in India, Madagascar and Africa led some to consider acontiguous landmass “Lemuria” linking these three landmasses. • Mesosaurus was a small reptile adapted to shallow brackish water. The skeletons of these are found only in South Africa and Brazil. The two localities presently are 4,800 km apart with an ocean in between them. • Presence of glossopteris vegetation in Carboniferous rocks of India, Australia, South Africa, Falkland Islands (Overseas territory of UK), Antarctica, etc. (all split from the same landmass called Gondwana) can be explained from the fact that parts were linked in the past.
Based on the details provided, give a simple illustration of distribution of fossils as an evidence of Continental Drift Theory. Details: • The observations that Lemurs occur in India, Madagascar and Africa led some to consider acontiguous landmass “Lemuria” linking these three landmasses. • Mesosaurus was a small reptile adapted to shallow brackish water. The skeletons of these are found only in South Africa and Brazil. The two localities presently are 4,800 km apart with an ocean in between them. • Presence of glossopteris vegetation in Carboniferous rocks of India, Australia, South Africa, Falkland Islands (Overseas territory of UK), Antarctica, etc. (all split from the same landmass called Gondwana) can be explained from the fact that parts were linked in the past.
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Based on the details provided, give a simple illustration of distribution of fossils as an evidence of Continental Drift Theory.
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• The observations that Lemurs occur in India, Madagascar and Africa led some to consider acontiguous landmass “Lemuria” linking these three landmasses.
• Mesosaurus was a small reptile adapted to shallow brackish water. The skeletons of these are found only in South Africa and Brazil. The two localities presently are 4,800 km apart with an ocean in between them.
• Presence of glossopteris vegetation in Carboniferous rocks of India, Australia, South Africa, Falkland Islands (Overseas territory of UK), Antarctica, etc. (all split from the same landmass called Gondwana) can be explained from the fact that parts were linked in the past.
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