Laurasia
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Laurasia was the northern supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and Mesozoic eras, comprising what are now North America, Europe, and Asia.
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | supercontinent ⓘ |
| brokeUpInto |
Asia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ North America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| classification | ancient landmass ⓘ |
| containsCraton |
Baltica
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Laurentia NERFINISHED ⓘ Siberian Craton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continentPosition | northern hemisphere ⓘ |
| existedDuring |
Mesozoic Era
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
late Paleozoic Era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formedFrom | Pangaea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geologicEon | Phanerozoic Eon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geologicStatus | no longer existing as a single landmass ⓘ |
| hasNoHumanInhabitants | true ⓘ |
| includedPresentDay |
Asia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ Greenland NERFINISHED ⓘ North America NERFINISHED ⓘ Siberia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameCoinedIn | 1937 ⓘ |
| namedBy | Alexander du Toit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameEtymology | combination of "Laurentia" and "Eurasia" ⓘ |
| oceanBoundary |
Panthalassa Ocean
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tethys Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposedLandmass | Gondwana in the southern hemisphere ⓘ |
| paleobiogeographySignificance | shaped distribution of Mesozoic terrestrial faunas in the northern hemisphere ⓘ |
| paleoclimateRole | influenced Mesozoic climate patterns in the northern hemisphere ⓘ |
| paleogeographyField |
continental drift theory
ⓘ
plate tectonics ⓘ |
| precededBy | Rodinia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Gondwana
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pangaea NERFINISHED ⓘ supercontinent cycle ⓘ |
| separatedBy | Tethys Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| separatedFrom | Gondwana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting | northern part of Pangaea ⓘ |
| timeOfInitialRiftingFromGondwana | late Triassic Period (approximate) ⓘ |
| timeOfMajorBreakup | Jurassic Period (approximate) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wasPartOf | Pangaea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Pangaea