'Panthalassa' was the great sea that surrounded Pangea.
It is possible that Pangaea might happen again in around 250 million years from now and is planned to be called Pangaea Ultima, but no one knows for sure yet. It is only a possible future supercontinent.
Pangaea
the supercontinent pangaea
Pangaea will reform in a few million years. Scientists believe it will look like one giant landmass with a single sea in the middle.
PANGAEA
The supercontinent Pangaea was formed about 335 million years ago and split into two large landmasses, Laurasia and Gondwana, around 180 million years ago. The modern countries we know today did not exist during Pangaea's time, as landmasses were still connected.
This massive body of water was called Panthalassa.
The theory of Pangaea is called the continental drift theory. It proposes that Earth's continents were once joined together in a single large landmass that later broke apart and drifted into their current positions.
The term "Pangaea" comes from the Greek words "pan" meaning "all" and "gaea" meaning "Earth." It is used to refer to the supercontinent that existed around 300 million years ago when all the landmasses were joined together.
When Pangaea split in two, there where two island landmasses. The Northern landmass was Laurasia. The Southern landmass was Gondwanaland.
Pangaea gets its name because it's a greek word for "all Earth".
scientists reacted differently around pangaea
During the Triassic, there was one supercontinent called Pangaea. There was a large sea between what is now southern Asia and eastern Africa, called the Tethys. In the early Jurassic, however, Pangaea began to split into a northern and southern half, the former called Laurasia and the latter called Gondwana.
It is possible that Pangaea might happen again in around 250 million years from now and is planned to be called Pangaea Ultima, but no one knows for sure yet. It is only a possible future supercontinent.
the sea that it was around was called the Mediterranean sea
The process that broke up Pangaea is known as continental drift. This theory states that the Earth's continents were once joined together as one supercontinent and have since drifted apart to their current positions.
Pangaea