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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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The salt was formed in a sea that existed when the supercontinent Pangea broke up some 200 million years ago.
Some 250 million years ago, all the continents were grouped into a single supercontinent known as Pangaea.
The hundred million years and more of Pangean history saw a succession of cosmopolitan animal dynasties spread over the entire supercontinent.
If the past pattern holds, Dr Rogers predicts that a new supercontinent will be formed in about 500m years' time.
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.
Recent palaeomagnetic and geodynamic constraints envisage an early Mesoproterozoic supercontinent that at least included Laurentia and Baltica.

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