Pangaea
- This article is about the supercontinent. In Greek mythology Pangaea (mountain) was picked up and thrown during the war between the Titanss and the Greek gods, and in music Pangaea (band) is a Brisbane underground band with wellknown members Ben Ely of Regurgitator and Nick Stewart of George (band).
Map of Pangæa
Pangæa (from the Greek for, "all lands") is the name Alfred Wegener used to refer to the supercontinent which existed during the Mesozoic era, before the process of plate tectonics separated the component continents. Pangæa broke up about 200 million years ago. When the continents first came together to form Pangæa, mountains were formed; some of these ranges still exist; such as the Appalachians and the Urals. The vast ocean surrounding Pangæa was Panthalassa.
The mantle under its former location is still hot and trying to rise upward. As a result, Africa sits several tens of metres higher than the other continents.
During the Jurassic period, Pangæa broke into two parts: