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Pangaea
Also known as Pangea, Pangæa
förhistorisk superkontinent
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Pangaea was a supercontinent that formed around 335 million years ago from the merger of earlier continents and began breaking apart about 200 million years ago, eventually creating the continents we see today. Understanding Pangaea helps explain why the continents fit together like puzzle pieces, why similar fossils and rock formations appear on distant continents, and how Earth's geography and life have changed dramatically over geological time.
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Pangaea, eller Pangea (grekiska: πᾶν Γαῖα "hela jorden"), är den superkontinent som existerade under mesozoikum innan kontinentaldriften delade upp den i dagens kontinenter. Alfred Wegener postulerade 1915 existensen av en sådan "urkontinent" i sin teori om kontinentaldrift, och i den efterföljande debatten fick den namnet Pangaea.
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