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the mesosaurus is a fossil that remains on two different continents that were spread apart because of a divergent plate boundary. divergent means that they spread apart. they spread apart and created a mid ocean ridge this is something that is made when a divergent plate is forming. this is formed in the middle from where the divergent started to spread. there can be volcanic activity at the mid ocean ridge or at the continents. there can also be earthquakes at these places. this was all found through gps's which show what is happening where and the rate it is going. this all means that the mesosaurus fossils were spread through a divergent plate boundary.

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how did these mesosaurus fossils get so far apart?

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These fossils got separated due to a divergent plate boundary. over millions of years, these continents have been split apart.

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when two continents are moving diergently they are creating landforms in the mid ocean ridge because of all the earthquakes and the volcanic activity. this means that if there are two continents drifting apart, the mid ocean ridge can create landforms

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when something is convergent meaning it is moving into each other than it can cause a volcano at the mid ocean ridge. lava is inside the volcano and the volcano can erupt which is cause by lava getting really hot and the volcano getting hot under the surface.

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earthquakes are caused by plates moving which move because of the mantles heat. they are always moving but when the mantle gets too hot it can make them move fast and cause the suface to shake. this can be seen at mid ocean ridges or just main land. it is very dangerous when it is one land because it can shake everything in its way and possibly hurt somebody.

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the mantle is very hot and full of molten rock. this rock can get so hot that it makes the plates move really bad sometimes and can make an earthquake. an earthquake is caused at the mid ocean ridge if it is divergent or it can shake the land on a continent which can be very very dangerous and shake everything in its way.

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divergent plates and convergent plates are very different because when divergent plates move they move apart from each other and when convergent plates move they move onto or under each other to make one big continent.

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Fossils are bones or objects that can prove previous activity for animals or humans. the bone I am researching is called "the mesosaurus fossil" this fossil was originally on one continent but was split into 2 countries (South America & South Africa) these two divergent countries split apart and were found as both countries that have the mesosaurus fossil. this means that these two countries once had a place with many mesosaurus's but were split and found divergent.

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pangea is the world before it all got spread apart. the world used to be one big island but they have spread apart over the millions of years which they turned into "continents".