Pangea

Pan·gae·a also Pan·ge·a  (pn-j) n. A hypothetical supercontinent that included all the landmasses of the earth before the Triassic Period. Pangaea broke apart during the Triassic and Jurassic Periods, separating into Laurasia and Gondwanaland. [pan- + Greek gaia, earth.]

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Pangea - (plate tectonics) a hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth prior to the Triassic period when it split into Laurasia and Gondwanaland Pangaea plate tectonic theory, plate tectonics, tectonics - the branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of the earth's crust