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What is a supercontinent?

What is a supercontinent? Here are some definitions.

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  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.
About 500m years later, its pieces reassembled to form yet another supercontinent, called Rodinia.
Amalgamation of the late Palaeozoic supercontinent Pangaea led to the collision of Gondwana with Laurasia forming the Variscan orogen.
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.
Of the three domains, the Eastern Domain sits farthest inboard, i.e. closest to the core of the former Gondwana supercontinent.
When New Zealand split away from the supercontinent Gondwana some 80 million years ago, its flora and fauna were left to develop in isolation.

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