Get to know Pangaea better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like pangea or continent.
Pangaea in a sentence
Pangaea meaning
A former supercontinent that included all the landmasses of the earth before the Triassic period and that broke up into Laurasia and Gondwana.
Using Pangaea
- The main meaning on this page is: A former supercontinent that included all the landmasses of the earth before the Triassic period and that broke up into Laurasia and Gondwana.
- Useful related words include: pangea, continent.
- In the example corpus, pangaea often appears in combinations such as: of pangaea, supercontinent pangaea, pangaea began.
Context around Pangaea
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 11 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Pangaea
- In this selection, "pangaea" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, supercontinent, continent, mccue, logistics, began and broke stand out and add context to how "pangaea" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include assembly of pangaea created huge and because pangaea is the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "pangaea" sits close to words such as aaf, aalen and abrogated, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with pangaea
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Jason McCue “PANGAEA” release show. (5 words)
Deserts seem to have been widespread on Pangaea. (8 words)
Nearing the end of the Permian, however, Pangaea got drier and drier. (12 words)
It also appears that the divergence of the three groups took place in the Paleozoic or early Mesozoic (around 250 million years ago), before the breakup of the supercontinent Pangaea and soon after their divergence from the lobe-finned fish. (40 words)
Contributing to Pangaea's popularity in the classroom is the fact that its reconstruction is almost as simple as fitting the present continents bordering the Atlantic-type oceans like puzzle pieces. (31 words)
The eight continents later re-assembled into another supercontinent called Pangaea ; Pangaea broke up into Laurasia (which became North America and Eurasia) and Gondwana (which became the remaining continents). (29 words)
Example sentences (20)
The eight continents later re-assembled into another supercontinent called Pangaea ; Pangaea broke up into Laurasia (which became North America and Eurasia) and Gondwana (which became the remaining continents).
Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund’s holdings in Pangaea Logistics Solutions were worth $265,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
Finally, Bailard Inc. bought a new position in shares of Pangaea Logistics Solutions during the 4th quarter worth $262,000.
During the Great Dying, all land on Earth was stuck together in a supercontinent called Pangaea, which was surrounded by a thriving and diverse ecosystem of sea life.
Note that 220 million years ago, modern day Arizona and Texas were located close to the equator, near the center of the supercontinent Pangaea.
As we’re prepping, we fill up the buckets and dump them in food scrap bins,” says Nick Disorda, owner of Pangaea.
Jason McCue “PANGAEA” release show.
The British Isles formation was explained by Dr Clark, starting with their location in the ancient continent of Pangaea south of the equator.
Another theory is that the creation of the super-continent Pangaea contributed to the End-Permian mass extinction.
Because Pangaea is the most recent of Earth's supercontinents, it is the most well known and understood.
By the beginning of the Jurassic, the supercontinent Pangaea had begun rifting into two landmasses, Laurasia to the north and Gondwana to the south.
Contributing to Pangaea's popularity in the classroom is the fact that its reconstruction is almost as simple as fitting the present continents bordering the Atlantic-type oceans like puzzle pieces.
Deserts seem to have been widespread on Pangaea.
However, supercontinent cycles and Wilson cycles were both involved in the creation of Pangaea and Rodinia.
However, the climate shifted and became more humid as Pangaea began to drift apart.
It also appears that the divergence of the three groups took place in the Paleozoic or early Mesozoic (around 250 million years ago), before the breakup of the supercontinent Pangaea and soon after their divergence from the lobe-finned fish.
It did not exist prior to 130 million years ago, when the continents that formed from the breakup of the ancestral super continent Pangaea were drifting apart.
Nearing the end of the Permian, however, Pangaea got drier and drier.
On the other hand, the assembly of Pangaea created huge arid inland areas subject to temperature extremes.
Pangaea began to break up at the start of the Jurassic period.
Common combinations with pangaea
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: