1. (plate tectonics) a hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth prior to the Triassic period when it split into Laurasia and Gondwanaland; [syn: Pangaea, Pangea]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Pangea
n 1: (plate tectonics) a hypothetical continent including all
the landmass of the earth prior to the Triassic period when
it split into Laurasia and Gondwanaland [syn: Pangaea,
Pangea]