GK
GENERAL SCIENCE
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Question
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These are freshwater reptiles.
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Mesosaurus and Lytosaurus
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Misosauras and Litosyrus
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Mesosuraus and Lytosaurus
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Remains of Mesosaurus, a freshwater crocodile-like reptile that lived during the early Permian (between 286 and 258 million years ago), are found solely in Southern Africa and Eastern South America. It would have been physiologically impossible for Mesosaurus to swim between the continents.
Detailed explanation-2: -Fossils of Lystrosaurus are known from China, Russia, India, South Africa and Antarctica and this geographic distribution was one of the early pieces of evidence used in support of a large supercontinent called Pangea.
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