So, what evidence is there to prove the existence of the Pangaea?
If you look at the present day map of the world, there is an obvious jigsaw fit between Africa and South America. The other continents can also be fitted in without too much difficulty (see animation above). The distribution of some fossil plants and animals provides further evidence to support the theory of continental drift. Matching plant fossils of the same era have been found in rocks in South America, South Africa, Australia, Antarctica, and India, which strongly suggests that they were all joined once upon a time. Identical fossils of a freshwater crocodile, Mesosaurus, fold mountain chains and glacial deposits found in both Brazil and South Africa also back the theory. The symmetrical pattern of ‘magnetic stripes’ found in the rocks on either side of the Mid-Atlantic ridge is the clearest evidence found only recently that indicate the two sides are spreading away from each other (see animation above).
