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Laurasia (/lɔːˈreɪʒə, -ʃiə/) was the more
northern of two
large landm****es that
formed part of the
Pangaea supercontinent from
around 335 to 175 million...
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Laurasia, proto-Gondwana, and the
smaller Congo Craton. Proto-
Laurasia and proto-Gondwana were
separated by the Proto-Tethys Ocean. Proto-
Laurasia split...
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defined as the
ocean located between the
ancient continents of
Gondwana and
Laurasia.
After the
opening of the
Indian and
Atlantic oceans during the Cretaceous...
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Carboniferous to form Pangea. It
began to
separate from
northern Pangea (
Laurasia)
during the Tri****ic, and
started to
fragment during the
Early Jur****ic...
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years ago,
Gondwana and
Laurasia split apart due to the
widening of the
Atlantic Ocean.
Finally and very soon afterwards,
Laurasia itself split up again...
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Pannotia formed as Proto-
Laurasia was
added to
Gondwana c. 600 Ma (left) and
broke up 550 Ma (right) when
Laurasia broke apart. View
centred on the South...
- Jur****ic, the
supercontinent Pangaea had
begun rifting into two landm****es:
Laurasia to the
north and
Gondwana to the south. The
climate of the Jur****ic was...
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Prehistoric supercontinents Columbia Gondwana Kenorland Laurasia Nena
Pangaea Pannotia Rodinia Ur
Vaalbara Other prehistoric continents Amazonia Arctica...
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exception is
smaller placental mammals such as
rodents and primates, who left
Laurasia and
colonized Africa and then
South America via rafting. In Africa, the...
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rodent fossil record dates back to the
Paleocene on the
supercontinent of
Laurasia.
Rodents greatly diversified in the Eocene, as they
spread across continents...
