What is Rodinia?
Q: What is Rodinia?
A: Rodinia is the name of a supercontinent that existed between 1.1 billion and 750 million years ago.
Q: What does the name Rodinia mean?
A: The name Rodinia means "to give birth".
Q: How much of Earth's landmass did Rodinia have?
A: Rodinia had most or all of Earth's landmass when the Neoproterozoic era began.
Q: What happened to Rodinia during the Neoproterozoic era?
A: Rodinia broke up in the first period of the Neoproterozoic, the Tonian, and its continental fragments were later re-assembled to form Pangaea.
Q: What is known about the exact position and history of Rodinia?
A: Little is known yet about the exact position and history of Rodinia, in contrast with Pangaea.
Q: What events in Earth's history may have been caused by the breaking up of Rodinia?
A: The extreme cooling of the global climate around 700 million years ago and the rapid evolution of primitive life during the following Ediacaran and Cambrian periods may have been caused by the breaking up of Rodinia.
Q: Did Rodinia form from parts of an older supercontinent?
A: Yes, Rodinia formed from parts of an older and poorly understood supercontinent.
