Antonio Snider-Pellegrini

French scientist

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In continental drift
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…
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In plate tectonics: Precursors
In 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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