Pangaea Supercontinent

Pangaea was located on Earth during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras, around 300 million years ago. It was a supercontinent that existed before the tectonic plates shifted to form the current continents.

No, Pangaea was not the only super-continent to have existed. There have been several super-continents throughout Earth's history, including Rodinia, Pannotia, and Gondwana, before Pangaea formed about 335 million years ago.

Rodinia is the super continent that existed before Pangea.

The present landmasses are pieces of the supercontinent Pangaea, which existed about 335 million years ago. Pangaea eventually broke apart due to the movement of tectonic plates, leading to the formation of the continents we have today.

Pangaea was a perfect fit... 200 million years ago. Today if you pieced the continents together today you would see that they are close to fitting, but the shorelines have eroded and the tectonic plates have changed their shape a bit.

The two continental landmasses resulting from the first rifting of Pangaea are Laurasia in the north and Gondwana in the south. These two landmasses eventually broke apart and drifted to their current positions, forming the continents we see today.

135 million years later, Pangaea had already split into two supercontinents: Laurasia in the north and Gondwana in the south. This breakup eventually led to the formation of the modern continents we see today.

The two large landmasses that formed when Pangaea began to break up were Laurasia in the north and Gondwana in the south. Over millions of years, these landmasses further fragmented into the continents we recognize today.

First Stage:

Pangea began its break up in the Triassic Period. North America and Gondwana first separated followed by the separation of Mexico with South America and North America with Africa. The Atlantic ocean began to form in the Northern hemisphere.

Second Stage:

Rifting in the southern hemisphere resulted in the separation of Africa from Antarctica and India and India from Antarctica. Massive amounts of basaltic lavas resulted from the rifting.

Third Stage:

Eurasia rotated, closing the eastern end of the Tethys Sea. The Atlantic rift traveled northward. South America and Africa began to split at the end of the Jurassic and by the Late Cretaceous the two landmasses were completely separated. Also, in the Late Cretaceous, Greenland and Europe began to separate. India moved along it's pathway to Laurasia.

Fourth Stage:

The final and fourth stage of the break-up of Pangea took place in the Early Triassic. The Atlantic rift finally completed the separation of North America and Eurasia. Also, Antarctica and Australia were separated in the final stage of the Pangea break-up.

It took 150 million years for the complete break-up of Pangea.

The northern part of Pangaea was known as Laurasia. It formed from the breakup of the Pangea supercontinent during the Mesozoic era, about 200 million years ago. Laurasia eventually split into North America, Europe, and Asia.

Alfred Wegener proposed the theory of Pangaea in 1912, suggesting that the continents were once joined together in a single supercontinent. This theory laid the foundation for the modern theory of plate tectonics.

Gondwana was a southern supercontinent that existed after Pangaea broke apart around 200 million years ago. Gondwana included present-day South America, Africa, Antarctica, Australia, and the Indian subcontinent. Pangaea was a supercontinent that existed about 335-175 million years ago and included almost all of Earth's landmasses.

Pangaea began to break apart around 200 million years ago during the Mesozoic Era. The separation process is estimated to have taken about 50-60 million years before the continents assumed their current positions.

Laurasia and Gondwanaland formed during the late Carboniferous period, around 300 million years ago, through the breakup of the supercontinent Pangaea. Laurasia was located in the northern hemisphere, while Gondwanaland was in the southern hemisphere.

During the time of Pangaea, Hawaii was located near the equator in the region that is now the central Pacific Ocean. It was part of the larger landmass that made up Pangaea before tectonic plate movements separated it from the rest of the supercontinent.

Pangaea was a supercontinent that existed about 300 million years ago and was made up of all the Earth's landmasses as one large landmass. It is estimated to have been about 30% larger than the current supercontinent, Eurasia.

Pangaea is actually from two Greek roots, pan- meaning "entire" and ge- meaning "earth" (from Gaia, "Earth").

Thus, it makes sense that a supercontinent would mean "entire earth."

The two continents into which Pangaea first divided are Laurasia and Gondwana. Laurasia eventually formed North America, Europe, and Asia, while Gondwana formed South America, Africa, Australia, Antarctica, and the Indian subcontinent.

During the Permian era was the unified Pangea. During the Triassic period, North America drifted west, Africa stayed in the same general area and the Poles (north and south) moved. In the Jurassic there was further spitting, with the Cretaceous period South America broke away from Africa and today the splits are even more distinct.

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