pangaea

     

Pangaea, Pangæa or Pangea (IPA: /pænˈʒiːə/, from παν, pan, meaning entire, and Γαῖα, Gaea, meaning Earth in Ancient Greek) was the supercontinent that existed during the Paleozoic and Mesozoic eras about 250 million years ago, before each of the component continents were separated into their current configuration .

Trivia about pangaea

  • It's Alfred Wegener's name for the single supercontinent that broke up into Laurasia & Gondwanaland
  • Ancient supercontinent that many believe broke up, creating Laurasia & Gondwanaland
  • Scientists believe the continents were once part of a single land mass called this, from the Greek for "all earth"
  • The continental drift theory says that all the continents once formed a giant land mass called this
  • (Jon of the Clue Crew stands in front of an ancient globe) Meaning "all earth", it's the term Alfred Wegener gave to an historic, theoretical supercontinent
  • Meaning "all Earth" in Greek, this hypothetical supercontinent tore apart during the Triassic period

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