The ocean plate was once the seafloor of Neotethys — an ocean that formed when the supercontinent Pangaea broke up into a ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A long-lost oceanic plate is diving deep into the mantle, dragging down the crust above ...

Paleontologists were generally on the same page about how dinosaurs spread throughout Pangea ... southern part (Gondwana) of the supercontinent and headed to the northern half (Laurasia) over ...

Fossils identified as a new species after being discovered in Wyoming are estimated to be around 230 million years old.

The mainstream view has held that dinosaurs emerged on Gondwana ... ancient supercontinent Pangea - millions of years before spreading to the northern half, named Laurasia.

before dispersing to the south of Gondwana and to Laurasia, the northern supercontinent that gave rise to Europe, Asia, and North America. Laurasia (Laurentia, Baltica, and Siberia) forming the ...