Facts about Pangaea
The name Pangaea was apparently first used in 1920 by the German Alfred Wegener, the "father of the theory of continental drift."
The break-up of Pangaea continues today in the East Africa Rift; ongoing collisions may indicate the creation of a new supercontinent.
Before Pangaea formed, the minor supercontinent of Proto-Laurasia drifted away from Gondwana and moved across the Panthalassic Ocean.
By the Triassic Period, Pangaea rotated a little, towards the southwest direction.
Gondwana (also called Gondwanaland) had several iterations, existed before Pangaea formed and remained intact after Pangaea broke up.
The vast ocean that once surrounded the supercontinent of Pangaea has been named Panthalassa.
Panorama Point, at 5,424 feet (1,653 m), is the highest point in Nebraska; despite its name and elevation, it is merely a low rise near the Colorado and Wyoming borders.
Pangaea looked like a "C," with an ocean inside the "C," the new Tethys Ocean.
The hypothesized supercontinent Gondwana is believed to have been involved in the formation of Pangaea.
The third major and final phase of the break-up of Pangaea occurred in the early Cenozoic (Paleocene to Oligocene).
The second step in the formation of Pangaea was the collision of Gondwana with Euramerica.
Owing to Pangaea's massive size, the inland regions appear to have been very dry, due to the lack of precipitation.
Before Pangaea formed, the minor supercontinent of Proto-Laurasia drifted away from Gondwana and moved across the Panthalassic Ocean.
Antarctica has been near or at the South Pole since the formation of Pangaea (since about 280 mya).
The first phase began in the Early-Middle Jurassic, when Pangaea created a rift from the Tethys Ocean from the east and the Pacific from the west.