Fossils
This ancient arthropod helped vastly in recreating Earth's history
What are trilobites?
This seed fern helped scientists reconstruct Gondwana, and also a super vital part of the theory of continental drift.
What is the glossopteris?
The mountain range formed when India's plate smashed into Asia.
What are the Himalayas?
The most famous supercontinent, formed around 335 million years ago
What is Pangaea?
These two continents are what Wegener first noticed as being able to fit together, both of them looking like giant upside-down L's.
What are South America and Africa?
This land reptile, being a very poor swimmer, helped scientists reconstruct Gondwana.
What is a lystrosaurus?
This ancient plant was one of the first stages of what we now know as moss.
What are bryophytes?
The supercontinent formed by Africa, India, Antarctica, Australia, and South America.
What is Gondwana?
Wegener later learned that this type of rock was found in Antarctica, providing more evidence of continental drift.
What is coal?
These fossils are the most recognizable from the Mesozoic era, and are shaped like spirals.
What are ammonites?
This tree is thought to be the first ever "true tree", not to be confused with the now-extinct ancient bird that came 100 million years later.
What is the Archaeopteris?
This massive mountain chain is found in South America, and was formed due to forces from the Pacific Ring of Fire.
What are the Andes?
The supercontinent formed before Pangaea, roughly 1.1 billion years ago.
Coal forms in this kind of terrain and climate
What are subtropical/tropical swamps?
This ancient bird roamed roughly 150 million years ago, not to be confused with the ancient tree of a similar name.
What is the archaeopteryx?
This ancient tree was thought to be extinct for 2 million years, until found in a small grove in Australia in 1994.
What is the Wollemi Pine?
These ancient mountains formed 480 million years ago, becoming strong proof for the existence of Pangaea.
What are the Appalachian Mountains?
This supercontinent contains North America, Europe, and Asia, and is the northern counterpart of Gondwana.
What is Lurasia?
This person found 'rift valleys' in the ocean floor and used it to prove how continents drifted.
Who is Marie Tharp?
What are stromatolites?
These ancient trees grew over 100 feet tall, being the ancestors of the modern horsetail tree.
What is the calamite?
This fossil "goldmine" helped create a detailed record of the Cambrian explosion 500 million years ago.
What is the Burgess Shale?
The leading theory of what the next supercontinent will be. (Hint: the name contains the name of another supercontinent)
What is Pangaea Ultima?
what is wegener's first name