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Alfred Wegener noted that fossils from a particular type of reptile are found on both sides of the Atlantic ocean. Which of the following would be the best explanation of how this occurred?

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Really none because Alfred Wegener came up with the theory Pangea . Where all the continents were together in one . Some of his proof was that the fossils where on both sides so they couldn’t of swam and there was no other explanation and the continents fit together like a puzzle . So really none but if I were to pick on I would pick d .
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B. The Atlantic Ocean did not exist in earlier times.

Step-by-step explanation:

It simply didn't yet exist; there was only Pangaea surrounded by a global ocean. Before the Atlantic Ocean could open Pangaea had to be split. ... Deep beneath the Atlantic's waves it erupts as lava, providing new crustal material as it slowly pushes the continental plates apart.

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