GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Pangea, also spelled Pangaea, in early geologic time, a supercontinent that incorporated almost all the landmasses on Earth. Pangea was surrounded by a global ocean called Panthalassa, and it was fully assembled by the Early Permian Epoch (some 299 million to about 273 million years ago).

Detailed explanation-2: -At the outset of the Mesozoic, all of Earth’s continents were joined together into the supercontinent of Pangea (see the map of the Early Triassic). By the close of the era, Pangea had fragmented into multiple landmasses.

Detailed explanation-3: -About 200 million years ago, all the continents on Earth were actually one huge “supercontinent” surrounded by one enormous ocean. This gigantic continent, called Pangaea, slowly broke apart and spread out to form the continents we know today. All Earth’s continents were once combined in one supercontinent, Pangaea.

Detailed explanation-4: -From about 300-200 million years ago (late Paleozoic Era until the very late Triassic), the continent we now know as North America was contiguous with Africa, South America, and Europe. They all existed as a single continent called Pangea.

Detailed explanation-5: -The name “Pangaea” is derived from Ancient Greek pan (, “all, entire, whole") and Gaia or Gaea (, “Mother Earth, land").