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select the 3 types of evidence that scientists point to as proof there once was a massive supercontinent during the mesozoic era.
the densities of rock layers on other continents match up
continents fit together like a puzzle.
rock layers on some of the continents match up.
there are mountains on every continent.
antarctica was once inhabited by dinosaurs.
fossil layers on some of the continents match up.
These are key lines of evidence used to support the existence of the Mesozoic supercontinent Pangaea:
- The complementary shapes of continents are a foundational visual clue.
- Matching rock layers across separate continents indicate they were once connected.
- Corresponding fossil layers of the same species on now-distant continents show they lived in a single connected landmass.
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- Continents fit together like a puzzle.
- Rock layers on some of the continents match up.
- Fossil layers on some of the continents match up.