Pangaea Continent Maps

Pangaea Continent Maps. Pangaea was a supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras, approximately 336 million years ago Pangaea A map of the ancient supercontinent of Pangaea

A cleaned-up version of his Pangaea map with political borders is here. Pangaea is from the Greek words pan, meaning "entire," and "gaia," meaning "earth."

Pangaea Maps with Modern Continental Borders, and Superocean

Fully assembled by the Early Permian Epoch (some 299 million to about 273 million years ago), it began to break apart about 200 million years ago, eventually forming the modern continents and the Atlantic and Indian oceans. The time sequence shown through the maps traces the paths of the continents to their current positions. Pangaea or Pangea (/ p æ n ˈ dʒ iː ə / pan-JEE-ə) [1] was a supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras

. Fully assembled by the Early Permian Epoch (some 299 million to about 273 million years ago), it began to break apart about 200 million years ago, eventually forming the modern continents and the Atlantic and Indian oceans. Continents and ocean basis are moved and changed in shape as a result of these plate movements

. As mentioned earlier, the initial map was created by Massimo Pietrobon back in 2012 Pangaea is from the Greek words pan, meaning "entire," and "gaia," meaning "earth."