supercontinent
noun
su·per·con·ti·nent
ˈsü-pər-ˌkän-tə-nənt 
-ˌkänt-nənt
: a hypothetical former large continent from which other continents are held to have broken off and drifted away
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The authors suggest that in a similar way the eclogite from Baltica demonstrates the existence of a mountain range, comparable to the Himalaya range, on the supercontinent Columbia over two billion years ago.
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David Bressan, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
In fact, the supercontinent fostered the common ancestor of the Australian pelodryadid frogs and the South American phyllomedusid frogs that are still seen, stuck to leaves and branches, today.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 14 May 2025
Even more broadly, the makeup of the organisms at the site demonstrates how different groups of reptiles were moving around the supercontinent Pangea prior to a mass extinction 201 million years ago that ended the Triassic and began the Jurassic.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 July 2025
The Earth’s climate was warm at the beginning of the Jurassic and without polar ice, meaning animals from mammals to amphibians to dinosaurs were able to more easily move across the Pangea supercontinent, researchers said.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 17 June 2025
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David Bressan, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
In fact, the supercontinent fostered the common ancestor of the Australian pelodryadid frogs and the South American phyllomedusid frogs that are still seen, stuck to leaves and branches, today.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 14 May 2025
Even more broadly, the makeup of the organisms at the site demonstrates how different groups of reptiles were moving around the supercontinent Pangea prior to a mass extinction 201 million years ago that ended the Triassic and began the Jurassic.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 July 2025
The Earth’s climate was warm at the beginning of the Jurassic and without polar ice, meaning animals from mammals to amphibians to dinosaurs were able to more easily move across the Pangea supercontinent, researchers said.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 17 June 2025
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“Supercontinent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/supercontinent. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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supercontinent
noun
su·per·con·ti·nent
ˈsü-pər-ˌkänt-ᵊn-ənt
-ˌkänt-nənt
: a former large continent which is assumed to have existed and from which other continents broke off and drifted away
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