Laurasia

Japanese: Laurasia
Laurasia

...It is believed with certainty that this continent later separated and moved to form the present-day Africa, South America, Australia, Antarctica, Madagascar, India, etc. To the north of Gondwana, separated by the Tethys Ocean (the ancient Mediterranean Sea), was the continent of Laurasia. It is believed that Gondwana and Laurasia formed a continuous landmass during the first half of the Paleozoic era and the Precambrian era, and this supercontinent is called Pangaea.

From [Pangaea]

...It was named by AL Wegener, the proponent of the theory of continental drift. The mass surrounding Antarctica is sometimes called Gondwana, and the giant continent in the Northern Hemisphere is called Laurasia. The western halves of the two continents were separated by the Tethys Ocean. ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Laurasia" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…この大陸はその後分離移動して現在のアフリカ,南アメリカ,オーストラリア,南極大陸,マダガスカル,インドなどを形成したものとほぼ確定的に考えられている。ゴンドワナ大陸の北側には,テチス海(古地中海)をへだててローラシア大陸Laurasiaがあった。古生代前半や先カンブリア時代にゴンドワナ大陸とローラシア大陸とは一連の陸地を形成していたと推定されており,この超大陸をパンゲアと呼んでいる。…

【パンゲア】より

…大陸移動説の提唱者A.L.ウェゲナーによって名付けられた。南極大陸をとりまく塊をゴンドワナ大陸,北半球の巨大大陸をローラシアLaurasia大陸と区別することもある。両大陸の西半分はテチス海によって隔てられていた。…

※「Laurasia」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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