The supercontinent Pangaea is believed to have been
A) a myth, part of the Atlantis legend.
B) the first continent to rise from the sea, which broke up 200 million years ago.
C) the result of a collision of continents, of a type that occurs roughly every 500 million years.
D) the original surface of Earth, before the oceans formed.

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Pangaea was a supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras. It formed through the collision of earlier continental masses and began to break apart about 200 million years ago. This process of supercontinent formation and breakup occurs roughly every 500 million years.

The Supercontinent Pangaea Is Believed to Have Been