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The southern part of the ancient supercontinent 'Pangea' was known as _______.
The southern part of the ancient supercontinent 'Pangea' was known as _______.
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The correct option is B Gondwana land
- Gondwana, also called Gondwanaland, the ancient supercontinent that
incorporated present-day South America,
Africa, Arabia, Madagascar, India, Australia,
and Antarctica.
- It was fully assembled by Late Precambrian time,
some 600 million years ago, and the first stage of its breakup began in the
Early Jurassic Period, about 180 million years ago.
- The name
Gondwanaland was coined by the Austrian geologist Eduard Suess in
reference to Upper Paleozoic and Mesozoic formations in
the Gondwana region of central India, which are similar to formations
of the same age on Southern Hemisphere continents.
- Gondwana, also called Gondwanaland, the ancient supercontinent that incorporated present-day South America, Africa, Arabia, Madagascar, India, Australia, and Antarctica.
- It was fully assembled by Late Precambrian time, some 600 million years ago, and the first stage of its breakup began in the Early Jurassic Period, about 180 million years ago.
- The name Gondwanaland was coined by the Austrian geologist Eduard Suess in reference to Upper Paleozoic and Mesozoic formations in the Gondwana region of central India, which are similar to formations of the same age on Southern Hemisphere continents.
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