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. |