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The supercontinent began to break up around 180 million years ago and had a diverse climate across the huge land mass.
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Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2025
After putting all that information together, the team came up with a likely location — an equatorial supercontinent known as Gondwana.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 23 Jan. 2025
Australia’s theropod fauna could have played a pivotal role in the ecosystems of the ancient supercontinent Gondwana.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 19 Feb. 2025
However, 300 million years ago, it was located under what would become North America during the era of the supercontinent Pangaea.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
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Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2025
After putting all that information together, the team came up with a likely location — an equatorial supercontinent known as Gondwana.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 23 Jan. 2025
Australia’s theropod fauna could have played a pivotal role in the ecosystems of the ancient supercontinent Gondwana.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 19 Feb. 2025
However, 300 million years ago, it was located under what would become North America during the era of the supercontinent Pangaea.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Supercontinent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supercontinent. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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