Where was Pangea originally located?
From about 280-230 million years ago (Late Paleozoic Era until the Late Triassic), the continent we now know as North America was continuous with Africa, South America, and Europe. They all existed as a single continent called Pangea.
When did Pangea get discovered?
1915
The concept of Pangea was first developed by German meteorologist and geophysicist Alfred Wegener in 1915.
Where was continental drift discovered?
The realization that Earth’s land masses move was first proposed by Alfred Wegener, which he called continental drift. He is shown here at the base camp for Johan Koch’s 1912-1913 Greenland expedition.
Where did Pangea go?
About 200 million years ago Pangaea broke into two new continents Laurasia and Gondwanaland. Laurasia was made of the present day continents of North America (Greenland), Europe, and Asia. Gondwanaland was made of the present day continents of Antarctica, Australia, South America.
Who discovered Pangea?
meteorologist Alfred Wegener
German meteorologist Alfred Wegener first presented the concept of Pangea (meaning “all lands”) along with the first comprehensive theory of continental drift, the idea that Earth’s continents slowly move relative to one another, at a conference in 1912 and later in his book The Origin of Continents and Oceans (1915).
Who discovered continental drift?
scientist Alfred Wegener
The theory of continental drift is most associated with the scientist Alfred Wegener. In the early 20th century, Wegener published a paper explaining his theory that the continental landmasses were “drifting” across the Earth, sometimes plowing through oceans and into each other.
What are the 7 new continents?
The names of the seven continents of the world are: Asia, Africa, Europe, Australia, North America, South America, and Antarctica.
Who inhabited Pangea?
Life on dry land included bacteria, fungi, plants, insects, amphibians, reptiles, saurians, the early mammals, and the first birds. All of this variety evolved over hundreds of millions of years (technically billions if you count the earliest life forms).