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

  • endemic
  • generalist

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.
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