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Alfred Wegener’s Continental Drift Evidence

Alfred Wegener’s Continental Drift Evidence. Land Evidence. Similar coal beds deposited at the same time in both Pennsylvania and Northern Europe Puzzle like fit of North America and Europe and South America and Africa. Fossil Evidence.

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Alfred Wegener’s Continental Drift Evidence

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  1. Alfred Wegener’sContinental Drift Evidence

  2. Land Evidence • Similar coal beds deposited at the same time in both Pennsylvania and Northern Europe • Puzzle like fit of North America and Europe and South America and Africa

  3. Fossil Evidence • Glossopteris a land plant fossil is found in beds across South America, Africa, India, Australia and Antarctica • Land Reptiles found in beds across south America, Africa, Australia, and India

  4. Climate Evidence • Evidence of tropical fossils found in the rock record in areas such as south Africa and Antarctica that are now cold climates • Evidence in rock record of glaciation in now tropical areas.

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