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Document 1: Maquette des 2 continents découpés au niveau du plateau continental
Document 2: Distribution map of the main fossils(document en anglais)
Document 3: Carte des zones climatiques il y a 200 Millions d'années et des
structures géologiques
SOUTH AMERICA
Amérique du sud
Document 1: Maquette des deux continents découpés au niveau du plateau continental
Fossil remains of
Cynognathus, a
Triassic land reptile
approximately
3 m long.
AFRICA
Afrique
Fossil remains of the
freshwater reptile
Mesosaurus
INDIA
ANTARCTICA
Fossil evidence
of the Triassic
land reptile
Lystrosaurus
AUSTRALIA
Fossils of the fern
Glossopteris found
in all of the souther
continents, show that
they were once joined.
Document 2: Distribution map of the main fossils
As noted by Wegener, the locations of certain fossil plants and animals on present-day, widely
separated continents would form definite patterns (shown by the bands of colors), if the continents
are rejoined (Source: Image United States Geological Survey)