Question

Lystrosaurus was a slow-moving, plant-eating reptile that lived over 250 million years ago. Fossils of Lystrosaurus have been found in the brown areas shown below. How is this explained by the existence of Pangaea?

Answer 1

Answer:

The Lystrosaurus was a herbivorous dinosaur, whose remains were found in Antarctica, the southern region of the African continent and the Indian peninsula.

This distribution of the fossils of this animal is a confirmation of the theory of continental drift, which supports the existence of a supercontinent, Pangea, about 300 million years ago. That is, it implies that this animal lived moving between the territories of India, Africa and Antarctica, which are today separated by thousands of kilometers of oceans. Therefore, given that at the time that the Lystrosaurus lived these territories were united, it was possible.