| Recent palaeomagnetic and geodynamic constraints envisage an early Mesoproterozoic supercontinent that at least included Laurentia and Baltica. |
| When New Zealand split away from the supercontinent Gondwana some 80 million years ago, its flora and fauna were left to develop in isolation. |
| Geological evidence shows that all continents remained united as the supercontinent Pangea during Triassic times. |
| Of the three domains, the Eastern Domain sits farthest inboard, i.e. closest to the core of the former Gondwana supercontinent. |
| Amalgamation of the late Palaeozoic supercontinent Pangaea led to the collision of Gondwana with Laurasia forming the Variscan orogen. |
| At longer time-scales, plate tectonic activity appears quasi-periodic and self-organizes into the supercontinent cycle. |
