Gondwana

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Gondwana A former supercontinent of the southern hemisphere from which S. America, Africa, India, Australia, and Antarctica are derived. Their earlier connection explains why related groups of plants and animals are found in more than one of the now widely separated southern land masses; examples include the monkey-puzzle tree (Araucaria) common to S. America and Australia. Throughout Gondwana there existed floristic assemblages represented by a few species of plants that are thought to have grown in a cold climate. This view is supported by indications of glaciation in S. America, Africa, India, and Australia, which must then have been in a much higher latitude than they are today.

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