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Pannotia
Sign in to saveAlso known as Vendian supercontinent, Greater Gondwana, Pan-African supercontinent
thumb|Pannotia was centred on the South Pole, hence its name. Pannotia (from Greek: pan-, "all", -nótos, "south"; meaning "all southern land"), also known as the Vendian supercontinent, Greater Gondwana, and the Pan-African supercontinent, was a relatively short-lived Neoproterozoic supercontinent that formed at the end of the Precambrian during the Pan-African orogeny (650–500 Ma), during the Cryogenian period, and broke apart 560 Ma with the opening of the Iapetus Ocean, in the late Ediacaran and early Cambrian. Pannotia formed when Laurentia was located adjacent to the two major South Ameri
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- Pannotia
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Pannotia var en superkontinent, troligtvis varade superkontinenten för mellan 600 och 540 miljoner år sedan. Därefter splittrades kontinenten i fyra delar, Gondwana, Siberia, Baltika och Laurentia. Efter att de fyra kontinenterna varit fristående under en period på ett par hundra miljoner år kom de att återigen bilda en ny superkontinent, med namnet Pangea. Teorin beskrevs 1997 av .
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