Sarpolevantia
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Sarpolevantia was a supercontinent that comprised the modern continents Sarpedon and Levantia as well as the subcontinent Vallos for much of its existence. Sarpolevantia is thought to have begun breaking off from Pangea together with Great Kiravia at the Triassic-Jurassic Boundary c. 200 million years ago, establishing itself as one of two supercontinents alongside Audonacrona.[2] While Vallos broke off from Sarpolevantia during the Middle Cretaceous, Sarpedon and Levantia remained joined together until the opening of the Sea of Canete during the Zanclean period c. 4.5 million years ago.[3][4]
During the Mesozoic Era, Sarpolevantia was home to archosaurian reptiles like crocodylomorphs, dinosaurs and pterosaurs, these clades already experiencing global distribution since the late Triassic, before the break-up of Pangaea. Early mammaliaformes would also have inhabited the nascent supercontinent by the time it broke off from Pangea. The Kubagne Archipelago existed as a major archipelago in an in-land sea of Sarpolevantia during the Early Cretaceous period c. 130-120 million years ago, one of the only definitely proven island paleoenvoironments.[5]
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Notes
- ↑ Balboa, Maximus: A comprehensive history of paleontology, pg. 8. 2004.
- ↑ Konsaháken, Vurdhan: Paleogeology of Great Kiravia, University of Belarus, pg. 4-7. 2012.
- ↑ Balboa, Maximus: A comprehensive history of paleontology, pg. 21. 2004.
- ↑ Konsaháken, Vurdhan: Paleogeology of Great Kiravia, University of Belarus, pg. 7-8. 2012.
- ↑ Jour & Leon: The Kubagne Isles, University of Sainte-Catherine, pg. 5-12. 1941.