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Classroom Name:

PrehistoricLandmasses

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Take-Home Name:

WhatGondwanaland
MavHavelookedLike
1. Cut out thc shanesofthc followinecontincntsandcountriesfrom theClassroom
Activity Shcct:SouthAmerica,Antaritica,Australia,Africa,Madagascar,
andIndia.

2. In thc spacebeloq anangcthc continentsinto what you think Gondwanaland

lookcdlike. Look at thc shapcsof the continenrs.
Thentakea closerlook at thc
fossil locationsmarkedon your map.AssumingthatWcgcncrand Du Toit'stheory
wascorrect,how canyou usc it asa guide?(Hint: Makc thc Gs on the shapestouch
eachother.Do you think diffcrentcontincntswith the sameinitialsshouldalsobc
touching?)

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PrehistoricLandmasses
P a g e1 o f 2

Gondwanaland wasa prchistoricsupercontincnt

compriscdof the modcm-day
landmasses of SouthAmerica,Antarctica,Australia,Africa, Madagascar,
andIndia.
Usc the landmassillustrations
on pagc2, thechartandmapkey codcbclowto mark
the locationswherefour tvpcsof fossilshavebccnfound.

FossilName Description Present-DayLocations

- Southcrntip of India nearMadurai
- PrinccHaraldCoast.Antarctica
Glossopteris A fcrn - Southcrntip of Madagascar
- OatcsCoast.Antarctica
- SoutheasternAustralia(nearMclbourne)
- Southeastern
Argcntina
(nearBahiaBlanca)
Cynognathus A land reptilc - SouthwesternSouthAfrica
(nearCapcTown)
- Wilhelm II Coast.Antarctica
- Madagascar. nonhof Antananarivo
Lltstrosourus A landreptile - CentralIndia (bctwcenBangalore
and Hyderabad)
- EasternTanzania(nearDar es Salaam)

Mesosuurus EastemBrazil (ncarSalvador)

A frcshwatcrrcptile
Camcroon,WestAfrica

Map Key Code

Glossopteris: Green"G"
(l Cynognothns-Orange"C"
1 L.vsrrosaurus: Rcd "L"
=
Mesosaurus Blue "M"

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