Antonio Snider-Pellegrini
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Antonio Snider-Pellegrini was a French scientist who, in 1858, proposed a theory of continental drift. He suggested that the continents were once joined together as a single landmass, which he called Pangea, and that they had since separated. Snider-Pellegrini based his hypothesis on the observation of similar fossil distributions and geological formations on continents now separated by oceans, particularly the coastlines of South America and Africa.12
While Snider-Pellegrini's ideas predated Alfred Wegener's more comprehensive theory of continental drift, Wegener is more widely credited for developing the hypothesis in detail and presenting substantial evidence for it in the early 20th century.12
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Some 50 years later, Antonio Snider-Pellegrini, a French scientist, argued that the presence of identical fossil plants in both North American and European coal deposits could be explained if the two continents had formerly been connected, a relationship otherwise difficult to account for. In 1908 Frank B. Taylor of…
Read MoreSome 50 years later, Antonio Snider-Pellegrini, a French scientist, argued that the presence of identical fossil plants in both North American and European coal deposits could be explained if the two continents had formerly been connected, a relationship otherwise difficult to account for. In 1908 Frank B. Taylor of…
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plate tectonicsPrecursorsIn 1858 French geographer Antonio Snider-Pellegrini proposed that identical fossil plants in North American and European coal deposits could be explained if the two continents had formerly been connected. He suggested that the biblical Flood was due to the fragmentation of this continent, which was torn apart to restore…
Read MoreIn 1858 French geographer Antonio Snider-Pellegrini proposed that identical fossil plants in North American and European coal deposits could be explained if the two continents had formerly been connected. He suggested that the biblical Flood was due to the fragmentation of this continent, which was torn apart to restore…
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