How does finding the same fossils of a land animal on two different continents support the hypothesis of continental drift? The land animal fossil is now found in colder parts of the world, which means the continents had drifted since the fossils were made.
The land animal fossil is now found in colder parts of the world, which means the continents had drifted since the fossils were made.

The land animal fossil could only have ended up fossilized on both continents if they were once together.
The land animal fossil could only have ended up fossilized on both continents if they were once together.

The land animal fossil was unable to swim across oceans, so the fact that its fossils were found on distant continents suggested those continents had once been fused together and later moved apart.
The land animal fossil was unable to swim across oceans, so the fact that its fossils were found on distant continents suggested those continents had once been fused together and later moved apart.

The land animal fossil wasn't found in Asia, which Wegner thought was the only stable continent that hadn't moved.