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page 1Paleozoic paleogeography

Gondwana
Gondwana ( ; ) was a large landmass, sometimes referred to as a supercontinent. The remnants of Gondwana make up around two-thirds of today's continental area, including South America, Africa, Antarctica, Australia, Zealandia, Arabia, and the Indian subcontinent.

Panthalassa
thumb|upright=1.3|The Panthalassa superocean 250 million years ago
thumb|upright=1.3|The supercontinent Pangaea in the early Mesozoic (at 200 Ma) surrounded by Panthalassa.
thumb|upright=1.3|The Pacific Plate began forming when the [[triple junction at the center of Panthalassa destabilized about 190 million years ago.]]
Panthalassa, also known as the Panthalassic Ocean or Panthalassan Ocean (from Greek "all" and "sea"), was the vast superocean that encompassed planet Earth and surrounded the supercontinent Pangaea, the latest in a series of supercontinents in the history of Earth. During the
Euramerica
REDIRECT Laurasia#Euramerica/Laurussia
list of ancient oceans
Planet earth former oceans