Meanings
- geographyA supercontinent which formed on Earth approximately 600 million years ago.
The supercontinent status of Pangaea and Rodinia is undisputed. In contrast, there is ongoing controversy on whether Pannotia existed at all.
2021, J. B. Murphy, R. A. Strachan, C. Quesada, editors, Pannotia to Pangaea […] , Geological Society of London, →ISBN, page 821 more example
When Pannotia subsequently split, about 550 million years ago, the interior oceans created by this event, such as lapetus, Tuzo Wilson's so-called 'proto-Atlantic' separating present-day North America from Western Europe, were subsequently destroyed as the next supercontinent (Pangaea) was created.
2007, Ted Nield, Supercontinent: Ten Billion Years in the Life of Our Planet, page 207
Origin
- Ancient Greekπαν-“all”
- EnglishPannotia
From Ancient Greek παν- (pan-, “all”) + νότος (nótos, “south”).
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