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Transcript of Other Uses for Fossils - itc.gsw.eduitc.gsw.edu/faculty/bcarter/ISCI/Fossils.pdf · 15 Camb 600m y...
Glossopteris (a seed fern or “tongue fern”) Lystrosaurus (a terrestrial reptile)
Mesosaurus (a freshwater lizard-like reptile) Cynognathus (a terrestrial reptile)
S. America
Africa
Antarctica
Australia
India
Lots of Coral Species
Still a Lot of Them
Not So Many
Quite a Few
Hardly Any at All
Zip
30°N
Equator
30°S
Modified from an image at http://www.coralsoftheworld.org
Decreasing
Diversity