Antarctica Fossils

WHAT WHERE THE FIRST FOSSILS FOUND IN ANTARTICA?

• They were found on Seymour Island in 1982.
• A marine reptile called plesiosaur.

WHAT WAS THE FIRST DINOSAUR FOSSIL FOUND IN ANTARTICA?

• It was called an ankylosaur.
• Found on James Ross Island in 1986.

WHAT DINOSAUR FOSSIL WAS FOUND ON VEGA ISLAND IN 1986.

• Cryolophosaurus

2 REASONS FOSSILS FOUND ON VEGA ISLAND WAS IMPORTANT TO CLIMATE AND LOCATION.

• Tropical weather
• Bottom of Pangea

THE FIRST FOSSILS FOUND ON VEGA ISLAND REPRESENT WHAT TIME PERIOD.

• Cretaceous Period

WHAT DINOSAUR WAS FOUND IN THE TRANSANTARTIC MOUNTAINS.

• Antarctopelta Olivero

WHAT IS ANOTHER FOSSIL FOUND IN ANTARCTICA?

• The tooth of a duckbilled dinosaur or Hadrosaur was found.

WHY HAVE SO FEW DINOSAUR FOSSILS BEEN FOUND IN ANTARCTICA?

• They are covered in ice and snow.
• Few people travel there.

WHO REPORTED FINDING BEDS OF COAL NEAR THE SOUTH POLE?

• Ernest Shackleton

HOW DO PLANTS AND BEDS OF COAL SUPPORT THAT IT WAS WARMER THAN IT IS TODAY?

• Present-day Antarctica would be too cold for plants to grow.
• Coal could not be formed without heat compressing.

Made by Ashley and Brandon