Wegener also found some evidence for continental drift from fossils of plants and animals. The same type of plant/animal fossils are found on continents that are now far apart from each other. These Plants & Animals would not have been able to swim the oceans. Fossils of the seed fern Glossopteris are found across all of the south continents. These seeds are too heavy to be carried away across the ocean by wind. Mesosaurus fossils are found in South America and South Africa. Mesosaurus is a creature that could swim, but only in FRESH water. Cynognathus and Lystrosaurus were reptiles that lived on land. Both of these animals could not swim at all. Their fossilised parts have been found across South America, Africa, India and Antarctica. Wegener
While the author of the article believes that Brachiosaurus were aquatic animals, the professor disagrees with this statement. The professor points out that in spite of the fact that some species of dinosaur would spend a great deal of time in water, there was no possible that Brachiosaurus were aquatic ones. To strengthen her point, the professor provides sufficient evidence respectively to the points made in the article.
The Riversleigh fossil site is a part of the Boodjamulla National Park. The site was World Heritage listed in 1994. The fossil record of Riversleigh's habitats have greatly strengthened our understanding of evolution, origins, and the history of organisms. Many of the most abnormal and phenomenal organisms in the Australian fossil record have been discovered at the site. The sight contained about 30,000 footprints from a stampede involving nearly 200 dinosaurs. It sits on the south-western boundary of the Territory of the Waanyi Aboriginal clan. Riversleigh contains a collection of many fossils from around ten to thirty million years ago. Its record of mammal evolution spans of twenty million years in length at least. The fossils of thousands
The theory of plate tectonics was first developed by Alfred Wegener. He concluded that the continents seem to have a similar shape and could potentially fit together. This suggested that they were at one time joined together as part of 2 super continents called Gondwanaland and Laurasia was in the north. This theory was said to be proven by the discovery of fossilised remains of a mesosaurus that were found on the coasts of Brazil and Gabon. Sea floor spreading is another theory that supports the idea of plate tectonics; this theory discovered that rock is being formed under the ocean as a new sea floor. Sea floor spreading was shown in the Atlantic, where it is believed the Eurasian and North American plates are moving apart on a
In a statement, Dr. Gilbert Price, a vertebrate palaeoecologist expresses his disbelief at having uncovered the find, “Our jaws dropped when we found a tiny fossil from a giant lizard during a two meter deep excavation of one of the Capricorn Caves, near Rockhampton. The bone, which scientists have classified as an “osteoderm,” 0.4-inch (1-centimeter)
In general a higher proportion of the species were bivalves. The larger fossils with sturdier shells were found in the sand like strata where the sediment was not as compact and the pressure from higher layers was less.
Another important piece of evidence was fossil distribution. Fossils of many different species were found on multiple continents yet these species fossils showed no evidence that they could swim across the extensive oceans that separate the continents in present day. One of these species was Mesosaurus, a crocodile-like reptile that lived in freshwater lakes and ponds. Mesosaurus was found only in South Africa and South America and, being a coastal animal, there was no way it could swim across the large ocean that now separates the two continents. Another species was Lystrosaurus, which was only found in Antarctica, India, and South Africa. Being a land dominant species, Lystrosaurus would not be capable of crossing the Atlantic Ocean. Glossopteris,
The author and his colleagues chose to focus on 375 million year old rocks in their search for fossils because amphibians that look dissimilar to fish were discovered in 365 million year old rocks, while fish without amphibian characteristics were discovered in 385 million year old rocks. Thus, it is possible that the evolutionary intermediary, or the “missing link” between fish and amphibians, would be discovered in 375 million year old rocks, between the two time periods. The rocks examined were sedimentary in composition, as the gradual and relatively gentle formation of sedimentary rock under conditions of mild pressure and low heat are conducive to the fossilization of animal remains. Sedimentary rock is also often formed in rivers and seas, where animals are likely to live. This site provides a resource that describes means by which fossils are formed and how the fossil record may be interpreted, and shows some examples of fossils demonstrating evolution through geological periods: http://www.fossilmuseum.net/fossilrecord.htm. In 2004, Shubin and his colleagues were looking for fossils on Ellesmere Island, in northern Canada. This location was chosen because of its lack of human development, as well as of obstructing natural formations and life forms such as trees, which
King Tutankhamen also known as King Tut was born in 1341 BC and died in 1323 BC. Akhenaten(King Tut’s father) birthday is unknown, but he died in 1335 BC. King Tut is known most for his tomb. “The most fascinating item found in King Tut’s tomb was the stone sarcophagus containing three coffins, one inside the other, with a final coffin made of gold. When the lid of the third coffin was raised, King Tut's royal mummy was revealed, preserved for more than 3,000 years. As archaeologists examined the mummy, they found other artifacts, including bracelets, rings and collars.” The tomb was discovered by Howard Carter in 1922. When Carter discovered it, it was untouched. Most of what we know about Egyptian history came from the tomb. Akhenaten and King Tut were both pharaohs, but had two different styles of ruling. Akhenaten made radical changes. These radical changes led to “his characterisation as the first individual in history”. King Tut was the complete opposite. This paper will prove that Tutankhamen took the necessary steps to legitimize his rule after the chaotic rule of his father.
Magic, something you only hear in fairy tales, see in movies, or the cheap fake illusions people use these days. To be fair there not that bad, but it’s not real magic. The kind of magic we uses is nothing like anyone has ever seen. How do we know magic you ask, well ever heard of dragons? Millions of years ago there were hundreds of dragons, which studied magic. Teaching each other magic. When the humans found out about the dragons power, they began to fear them even more.
In 2009, six seismologists and a civil servant failed to predict an earthquake that killed 308 people in Italy and were charged with manslaughter. They were sentenced to six years in prison. Only a century ago though, a German meteorologist named Alfred Wegener, was ridiculed for his idea about continental drift. To try to prove his idea, he cut out the continents from a map, stretched them, and fit them together. He also used the evidence that animals and plants on opposite sides of the world look very similar as well as the fact that layered geological formations on one side of an ocean look as though they could go together. For years after he presented this idea, it was attacked and not believed. In the mid-1960 the theory was finally accepted but Wegener did not live to see it.
Most of their “fossils were found above the equator” (10 Fierce Facts About Dire Wolves, paragraph 9). There fossils were found in South America as well as North America. A lot of fossils were found in southern Alberta, Canada and southern California. One
Most people probably haven’t ever heard of Palestrina. He’s no Bach or Beethoven, but don’t overlook his ability. He is one of the most important and gifted religious composers of his time. During his career, he went everywhere from working in his local church to composing music for the Pope himself.
Wegener provided numerous explanations and documentation in support of his continental drift theory. He provided two fossils as evidence. Glossopteris because it had been found on several continents that were widely separated. Glossopteris, also known as a seed fern fossil, was too large to be transported by the wind. The other was Mesosaurus which was a small aquatic freshwater reptile (Lutgens & Tarbuck, 2014, p. 154). Other scientists believed this was possible because land bridges had once existed or explained it away as drafting. Wegener most likely did not offer fossil sharks or jellyfish as evidence due to the fact that these fish inhabit all major oceans on the planet.
These techniques led to the discovery of the boundary between the two eras. A single thin layer of clay found within predominantly limestone rocks established this. By comparing the marine life found in, above, and below the clay, the marine life, like the dinosaurs, had been terribly affected by the extinction event. The percentage of life in the upper layers was dramatically lower than that in the lower. This was far more compelling than what was suggested by dinosaur’s fossils.
For World War I left men wound mentally and physically. About thirty-one percent of the men were either wounded in the line of fire or had nightmares of what happen in the trenches (Brose, 111). For example, a soldier named Paul saw his fellow soldier, Behm get struck in the eye with a shell in the line of fire (Remarque, 12). These sights caused men to repress their worries because they did not want to die in the war. In order for them to survive, they had to come to the realization to repress the questions of why they were fighting and what they were fighting for out of their minds (Remarque, 138).