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