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South America
Continent that rifted from Africa as the South Atlantic opened about 130 million years ago.
Place
Identifiers
Wikidata Q18
Appears in
5 items
History of the Universe
1 item
Isthmus of Panama closes
c. 2.8 Ma
The History of Earth
4 items
Gondwana
550 Ma
Gondwana begins to split
c. 183 Ma
The South Atlantic opens
c. 130 Ma
The Isthmus of Panama closes
c. 2.8 Ma
Sources
Book
Earth History and Palaeogeography
