Fossil remains of Lystrosaurus (an extinct four-legged animal) have been discovered in India and South Africa. When they were living, all the Lystrosaurus lived together on land, and they could not swim. However, now there is an ocean between the Lystrosaurus fossils. What could explain how these fossils got so far apart?

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Kristin Bryant

30 October, 16:55

Fossil remains of Lystrosaurus (an extinct four-legged animal) have been discovered in India and South Africa. When they were living, all the Lystrosaurus lived together on land, and they could not swim. However, now there is an ocean between the Lystrosaurus fossils. What could explain how these fossils got so far apart?

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Elena Hayes · Answer 1

The generally accepted theory of Pangea is the idea that all the continents were once together and, over time, split due to plate tectonics.

When the Lystrosaurus was alive, the continents of which we now know as Asia and Africa were touching.