Continental Drift Theory

EVIDENCES
Wegener proceeded by providing strong pieces of
evidences of his continental drift theory

1.Similarities of fossils found in different continents

2.Presence of tillites in areas whose present climate do not
suggest glacial formation
3.Pressence of coal seams in polar regions
4.Continuity of rock layers found in different continents
5.Similarity of rock types in different continents
EVIDENCE #1
Smilarities of fossils found in different continents

• Glossopteris
• Mesosaurus
• Lystrosaurus
• Cynognathus
• A late paleozoic plant
found in all five
continents

• A freshwater carnivorous
reptile
• Fossils found in Permian
era rocks in brazil and
africa
• Early Triassic terrestrial mammal-like
reptile
• About 1 meter long with two long
teeth protuding from the upper jaw
• Found in africa,india, and antartica

• Early Triassic terrestrial

mammal-like reptile
• About 1 meter in length
• Found in Brazil and Africa
EVIDENCE #2
Presence of tillites in areas whose present climate do not suggest glacial
formation

• Glacial deposit from rock

strata in areas were once
covered with snow
• Found in Africa,South
America, India, Australia,
Madagascar, Arabia and
Antartica
EVIDENCE #3
Pressence of coal seams in polar regions

• Is a fossil fuel that orignated

from the chemically altered
remains of prehistoric
vegatation
• Usually found in tropical
areas because the climates
warm and ideal for
propagation of organism
• Found in Antartica and North
Pole
EVIDENCE #4
Continuity of rock layers found in different continents
• The similarity of rock
layers found in
mountains that are on
the opposite side of
atlantic oceans
• The Appalachian
Mountains,
Scandinavian Mountains
of Norway, Caledonian
Mountain of Scotland,
Atlas mountain of
Morocco were thought
EVIDENCE #5
Similarity of rock types in different continents

• The rocks types found in

Brazil, India, South Africa
and Antartica seem to
have similarity layers and
sequence
• Glossopteris fossils were
foundin the rocks of each