Talk:Baltica
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Wrong!
[edit]You've got it all wrong. Eurasia still exists and is two continents, and all these "Afro-Eurasia" things are absolute guff. Change the Cretaceous and present ones to Europe. 92.25.202.110 (talk) 18:21, 1 December 2009 (UTC)
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[edit]I removed the following timeline from the page. I'd love to see a Baltica timeline but this ad hoc mess is not even an outline of a good start. --Fama Clamosa (talk) 14:41, 1 April 2018 (UTC)
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- 1.82 billion years ago, Baltica was part of the major supercontinent Columbia.
- 1.5 billion years ago, Baltica along with Arctica and East Antarctica were part of the minor supercontinent Nena.[1]
- 1.07 billion years ago, Baltica was part of the major supercontinent Rodinia.
- 750 million years ago, Baltica was part of the minor supercontinent Protolaurasia.
- 600 million years ago, Baltica was part of the major supercontinent Pannotia.
- Cambrian, Baltica was an independent continent.
- Late Ordovician, Baltica collided with Avalonia.
- Devonian, Baltica collided against Laurentia, forming the minor supercontinent Euramerica.
- Permian, all major continents collided against each other to form the major supercontinent Pangaea.
- Jurassic, Pangaea rifted into two minor supercontinents, Laurasia and Gondwana. Baltica was part of the minor supercontinent Laurasia.
- Cretaceous, Baltica was part of the minor supercontinent Eurasia.
- Present, Baltica is part of the forming minor supercontinent Afro-Eurasia.
References
- ^ Carl Zimmer (January 1997). "In Times of Ur". Discover Magazine. Retrieved 2 February 2016.