The end-Permian mass extinction, also known as the "Great Dying," took place 251.9 million years ago. At that time, the supercontinent Pangea was in the process of breaking up, but all land on Earth ...

A supercomputer has produced a predictive model detailing the tectonic catastrophe that would end life on Earth as we know it ...

The Triassic is largely defined by extinctions, but it is also characterised by the position of the continents at that time. There was only one giant landmass: Pangea. 'One might think that because ...

The giant ocean called Panthalassa surrounded Pangaea. Areas near the coast ... belch or an asteroid collision—caused another mass extinction. Dinosaurs, however, survived and went on to ...

At the end of the Triassic Period there was a mass extinction, the causes of which are still hotly ... the single land mass, Pangaea, split into two, creating Laurasia in the north and Gondwana in the ...

Slowly, this giant continent, called Pangaea, broke apart and spread ... In the Permian period before, the largest mass extinction event in Earth’s history had just taken place.

The end-Permian mass extinction, also known as the "Great Dying," took place 251.9 million years ago. At that time, the supercontinent Pangea was in the process of breaking up, but all land on ...