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How did the formation of Pangaea in the Permian affect life on land?

The formation of new oceans isolated populations of plants and animals from one another.


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Large areas of Pangaea became wet swamp land coupled with higher oxygen levels vast forests of tree form ferns, club mosses and horsetails grew and accumulated into what are now coal deposits.


Large areas of Pangaea were dry providing new habitat to plants and animals that could take advantage of dry conditions

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Answer: Pangea began to break up about 200 million years ago as a result of the movement of the Earth's tectonic plates and mantle convection. Just as Pangea was formed by being pushed together due to the movement of the Earth's plates away at rift zones, a rift of new material caused it to separate.

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