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Gondwana and Laurasia were once two separate landmasses on Earth comprising most of the dry land. Gondwana was made up of South America, Africa, India, Madagascar, Australia, and Antarctica, while ...
Recently, my team reported unprecedented evidence of a continental connection between the ancient landmasses Laurentia (North America) and Iberia (the northern margin of Gondwana) in the Late ...
The evidence suggests that Ahvaytum bahndooiveche lived in Laurasia during or soon after a period of immense climatic change known as the Carnian pluvial episode that has previously been ...
150 million years ago: Laurasia The massive neck dips, casting a curving shadow on the mossy ground. The dinosaur’s jaws close around its prize. The creature lifts its head, nearly dainty in ...
Prior to the latest study, the available evidence suggested that the oldest known dinosaurs from Laurasia—primarily situated in the northern hemisphere—did not appear until 6–10 million ...
Study reveals how eastern US forests came to be Date: May 20, 2015 Source: Duke University Summary: Spring visitors to Great Smoky Mountains or the Blue Ridge Parkway will see ridges and valleys ...
The fossil confirms that invertebrate animals, such as scorpions, colonized both Gondwana and Laurasia during the Devonian period. At the time, the two supercontinents were separated by the Tethys ...
After the final separation of Laurasia and Gondwana in the late Jurassic, Dr. Vargas said, the two northern and southern ankylosaurs pursued different evolutionary trajectories, suggesting the ...