Talk:Baltica

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Wrong!

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)[reply]

Time-line

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)[reply]

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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

  1. ^ Carl Zimmer (January 1997). "In Times of Ur". Discover Magazine. Retrieved 2 February 2016.