Laurasia

Laurasia was a supercontinent that broke off from the Pangaean supercontinent in the late Mesozoic era. It included most of the landmasses which make up today's continents of the northern hemisphere. Around 200 million years ago, Laurasia divided into the continents after which it is named: Laurentia (now North America) and Eurasia (excluding India and Arabia). The southern supercontinent created is called Gondwana.

See also

• Alfred Wegener
• Continental drift
• Plate tectonics
• Seafloor spreading

Continents and regions of the world
Africa	Antarctica	Asia	Australia
Europe	North America	South America	Geological supercontinents: Gondwana • Laurasia • Pangaea • Rodinia
Africa-Eurasia	Americas	Eurasia	Oceania

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