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<!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> Wegener postulated that a massive supercontinent called _________, existed 220 million years ago.

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Gondwana
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Pangaea
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Laurasia
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Pannotia
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The correct option is B Pangaea
<!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> Wegener postulated that a massive supercontinent called Pangaea, Greek for ‘whole land’, existed 220 million years ago. He suggested that Pangaea broke up into several large parts and they started drifting away from each other during the Mesozoic Era.

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