What is Pannotia?

Q: What is Pannotia?


A: Pannotia is a Neoproterozoic supercontinent.

Q: When did Pannotia exist?


A: Pannotia may have existed during the Ediacaran period (~600 mya), to the end of the Precambrian (about 541 mya).

Q: What happened to Pannotia after it existed?


A: After it existed, Pannotia split into smaller continents.

Q: What were the smaller continents that Pannotia split into?


A: The smaller continents that Pannotia split into were Laurentia, Siberia and Baltica.

Q: What was the main landmass south of the smaller continents?


A: The main landmass south of the smaller continents was Gondwana.

Q: In what era did Pannotia come to exist?


A: Pannotia came to exist in the Neoproterozoic era.

Q: When did the Precambrian era end?


A: The Precambrian era ended about 541 million years ago.

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