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Pangaea

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Noun

1. pangaea, pangea

(plate tectonics) a hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth prior to the Triassic period when it split into Laurasia and Gondwanaland

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Pangaea

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noun
the ancient supercontinent, comprising all the present continents joined together, which began to break up about 200 million years ago
See also Laurasia, Gondwanaland

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Pangaea

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n.
A supercontinent that included all the world's landmasses in the late Paleozoic and, according to the theory of plate tectonics, subsequently broke apart into Laurasia and Gondwana.

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