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What is a supercontinent?

What is a supercontinent? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A very large continent that split into smaller ones in the Earth’s geologic past.
  2. A modern landmass composed of multiple continents, i.e. Afro-Eurasia or the Americas. (Compare subcontinent).
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Geological evidence shows that all continents remained united as the supercontinent Pangea during Triassic times.
The hundred million years and more of Pangean history saw a succession of cosmopolitan animal dynasties spread over the entire supercontinent.
The salt was formed in a sea that existed when the supercontinent Pangea broke up some 200 million years ago.
If the past pattern holds, Dr Rogers predicts that a new supercontinent will be formed in about 500m years' time.
Of the three domains, the Eastern Domain sits farthest inboard, i.e. closest to the core of the former Gondwana supercontinent.
Destined for a broad public, shows the nine most important stages in the break-up of this supercontinent, on the basis of recent scientific work.

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