RATITES…THE FLIGHTLESS BIRDS OF GONDWANA and the Nerd Test
crates | June 18, 2007
Ever wonder why some organisms occur on all or almost all the southern continents? Paleontologists noticed that a certain plant fossil, Glossopteris, was found in rock deposits (Permian-Triassic) of Africa, South America, Anarctica, Australia and India. This led some to believe that there was once a large southern land mass that was eventually named Gonwana after the district in [...]