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(Q018) The continents that made up Pangaea began to split apart during theGroup of answer choiceslate Paleozoic.mid Proterozoic.Late Triassic/Early Jurassic.Early Devonian.

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(Q018) The continents that made up Pangaea began to split apart during theGroup of answer choiceslate Paleozoic.mid Proterozoic.Late Triassic/Early Jurassic.Early Devonian.

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The continents that made up Pangaea began to split apart during the Late Triassic/Early Jurassic.

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