How were the fossil symbols and mountain belts helpful in deciding where to place the continents

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Minjae · Answer 1 · 2018-01-11T09:22:00+0000

The fossil symbols and mountain belts were helpful because it showed where the land and water dinosaurs were able to live, especially with the non-swimmers in Africa and South America. There is proof of some mountains matching in Western Europe and Greenland.

WoLfPwNeR · Answer 2 · 2018-01-16T20:45:08+0000

Similar fossils found on different continents helped geologists determine how the continents used to be connected. Mountain belts marked the boundaries of moving plates, which showed in which direction the different continents drifted. Extrapolating from this information, scientists had a rough idea of how the continents were arranged eons ago.

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