Mountain Building Part IV
Evidence for Pangea
How do we know that Pangea existed 250 million years ago? Fossil evidence and mountain belts provide some of the clues. The Permian-age fossil plant, Glossopteris , had seeds too heavy to be blown across an ocean. Yet Glossopteris fossils are found in South America, Africa, Australia, India and Antarctica! The mountain belts... See more
How do we know that Pangea existed 250 million years ago? Fossil evidence and mountain belts provide some of the clues. The Permian-age fossil plant, Glossopteris , had seeds too heavy to be blown across an ocean. Yet Glossopteris fossils are found in South America, Africa, Australia, India and Antarctica! The mountain belts... See more