Formation of the savannah
Abstract Africa has not always existed, at least not as a separate continent in the shape we recognize today. During the Mesozoic era the Earth’s land masses were joined in two enormous blocks: a northern landmass called Laurasia, and a southern land-mass called Gondwanaland which included Antarctic...
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Oxford University PressOxford
2002
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198509257.003.0003 https://academic.oup.com/book/chapter-pdf/52321124/isbn-9780198509257-book-part-3.pdf |
| Summary: | Abstract Africa has not always existed, at least not as a separate continent in the shape we recognize today. During the Mesozoic era the Earth’s land masses were joined in two enormous blocks: a northern landmass called Laurasia, and a southern land-mass called Gondwanaland which included Antarctica, Australia, Africa, the Indian subcontinent, and South America. |
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