how did the discovery of glossopteris support continental drift hypothesis?

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how did the discovery of glossopteris support continental drift hypothesis?

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Glossopteris is a fossil plant that has been discovered in specific areas on various continents. If you gather the continents together in relation to where fossil Glossopteris has been found, you produce a neat map (see first link, below) of Glossopteris' distribution in South America, Africa, Madagascar, India, Australia & Antarctica.



It seems logical therefore that these continents were gathered together in the same way at the time when Glossopteris was a living plant. The continents, subsequent to the fossilisation of Glossopteris, drifted apart (or as we now know, separated due to Plate Tectonics.)



A number of other fossils finds further reaffirm this evidence.

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how did the discovery of glossopteris support continental drift hypothesis?

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