Pangaea

(proper noun)

supercontinent that included all the landmasses of the earth before the Triassic period and that broke up into Laurasia and Gondwana

Related Terms

Examples of Pangaea in the following topics:

  • Biogeography and the Distribution of Species

    • Broad groups that evolved before the breakup of the supercontinent Pangaea (about 200 million years ago) are distributed worldwide.

  • Biodiversity Change through Geological Time

    • The extinction event occurred just before the breakup of the supercontinent Pangaea; although, recent scholarship suggests that the extinctions may have occurred more gradually throughout the Triassic.

  • Evidence of Evolution

    • Broad groups that evolved before the breakup of the supercontinent Pangaea (about 200 million years ago) are distributed worldwide.