The big question is how did they get there? Well, back billio of years ago, all continents were together, creating Pangaea. Pangaea Was just a huge land mass that was all stuck together. The animals lived in different regions, but then the regions were split apart. The fossilized remains remained in those areas.
A tropical fossil could have ended up in Antarctica when Pangaea split. Antarctica was separated leaving fossils behind from the tropics around the equator. Antarctica is way to cold for any plants to grow. Animals live there, such as polar bears and penguins. Not even bacteria live there because it's so cold!
This explains how the fossils from tropical areas can be found in Antarctica. Pangaea's regions were split, causing areas containing fossils to split, making it possible for tropical fossils to be in Antarctica.
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