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nouna hypothetical continent that (according to plate tectonic theory) broke up later into India and Australia and Africa and South America and Antarcticapart of:
Definition that contains gondwanaland
- pangaea (plate tectonics) a hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth prior to the Triassic period when it split into Laurasia and Gondwanaland
- 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