plate tectonics evidence
Brandon wallace
continental drift
interlocking fit of Africa's and South America's shorelines. continents were once connected in a single supercontinent and slowly drifted apart.
fossil evidence
For example, remains of Mesosaurus, a freshwater crocodile-like reptile, are found solely in Southern Africa and Eastern South America. It would have been physiologically impossible for Mesosaurus to swim between the continents.