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Rodinia
thumb|Reconstruction of Rodinia at 900 million years ago, using modern images to illustrate where today's recognisable continents were at the time.
Rodinia (from the Russian родина, rodina, meaning "motherland, birthplace") was a Mesoproterozoic and Neoproterozoic supercontinent that assembled 1.26–0.90 billion years ago (Ga) and broke up 750–633 million years ago (Ma). were probably the first to recognise a Precambrian supercontinent, which they named "Pangaea I". It was renamed "Rodinia" by , who also were the first to produce a plate reconstruction and propose a temporal framework for the s
Tonian
The Tonian (from , meaning "stretch") is the first geologic period of the Neoproterozoic Era. It lasted from to Mya (million years ago). Instead of being based on stratigraphy, these dates are defined by the ICS based on radiometric chronometry. The Tonian is preceded by the Stenian Period of the Mesoproterozoic Era and followed by the Cryogenian.