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ID: 7025011
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Record Type: physical
Hierarchy of Laurasia (former physical feature)  Laurasia (former physical feature)

Note: Former continent in the northern hemisphere; separated from the original Pangaea supercontinent when continental rifting began in Late Trassic to Early Jurassic; it comprised modern North America, Europe, & Asia (except peninsular Inda); it had split up by the Late Cretaceous era.

Names:
Laurasia (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Laurasia (former physical feature)  ....  Laurasia (former physical feature) (P)

Place Types:
former physical feature (preferred, C)  ............  existed from Late Triassic to the Late Cretaceous
continent (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Laurasia..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (1994-2002) accessed 08/10/00
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (1994-2002) accessed 08/10/00
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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