Gondwana
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 Gondwana facts

• It is believed to have sutured between about 570 and 510 million years ago (Mya), joining East Gondwana to West Gondwana
• Gondwana formed prior to Pangaea, and later became part of it
• Around 300 Mya Gondwana and Laurasia joined together to form the supercontinent Pangaea, which existed until approximately 200-180 Mya
• Gondwana then separated from Laurasia (the mid-Mesozoic era) in the breakup of Pangaea, drifting farther south after the split
• Gondwana itself then also broke apart
• Gondwana included most of the landmasses in today's Southern Hemisphere, including Antarctica, South America, Africa, Madagascar, and the Australian continent, as well as the Arabian Peninsula and the Indian Subcontinent, which have now moved entirely into the Northern Hemisphere
• The continent of Gondwana was named by Austrian scientist Eduard Suess, after the Gondwana region of central northern India which is derived from Sanskrit for "forest of the Gonds"
• The name had been previously used in a geological context, first by H
• B
• Medlicott in 1872