Pangaea was ________.
A)a large, ocean basin that opened in the Triassic and closed in the Paleocene
B)a large, Precambrian shield area in Africa and South America that broke apart late in the Proterozoic Eon
C)a huge mountain range that formed when Africa pushed northward into Europe in Eocene time
D)a super continent that formed in the late Paleozoic and broke apart in Triassic time

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Pangaea was a super continent that formed in the late Paleozoic era and began to break apart in the Triassic period. It consisted of all the Earth's continents and was surrounded by a single large ocean called Panthalassa.

Pangaea Was ________