Siberia (continent)

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Current location of the remains of the ancient landmass of Siberia in north Asia

Siberia, also known as Siberian Craton, Angaraland (or simply Angara) and Angarida,

Pangea during the Late Carboniferous-Permian. The Verkhoyansk Sea, a passive continental margin, was fringing the Siberian Craton to the east in what is now the East Siberian Lowland.[2]

Angaraland was named in the 1880s by Austrian geologist

Angara River in Siberia.[3]

Precambrian history

About 2.5 billion years ago (in the

Protolaurasia. During the Ediacaran Period around 600 million years ago, Protolaurasia became part of the southern supercontinent of Pannotia but around 550 million years ago, both Pannotia and Protolaurasia split up to become the continents of Laurentia, Baltica and Siberia.[citation needed
]

Paleozoic history

Map of Earth's continents and oceans in the middle of the Ordovician Period, about 470 million years ago (SI=Siberia, LA=Laurentia, BA=Baltica)

Siberia was an independent continent through the early Paleozoic until, during the

Pangea.[4]

Mesozoic and Cenozoic history

Pangaea split up during the

subtropical region and part of the new supercontinent of Pangaea Proxima.[citation needed
]

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