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Also Known As Pangaea

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  • Scientists initially ridiculed Wegener's theories about continental movement as "delirious ravings".

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Permian paleogeography
Carboniferous paleogeography
Triassic paleogeography
Pangea: Early Triassic Period
Jurassic paleogeography
Pangea: Late Jurassic Period
paleocontinent
continental drift
Early Permian and Late Permian paleogeography and plaeoceanography
Early Permian Epoch
What is continental drift and how does it work?
Piecing together the puzzle of continental drift
Watch Earth's continents move, from 650 million years ago to 250 million years in the future
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Alfred Lothar Wegener
Alfred Wegener
German meteorologist and geophysicist