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Plate tectonics paramount in the formation

of later landmasses and habitats

lifeforms adapt to chasms and earthquakes

shaping the various stages of Pangaea

Traversodonts thrived where others struggled

spore plants replaced by gymnosperms

few marine animals known to exist

ammonites, brachiopods, massive reefs

Lystrosaurus, Cynognathus and ferns fossils

Mesosaurus found in coastal regions

distribution ranging from polar to equator

glacial deposits of the same age and structure

drastic climate change after reconfiguration

warm tropical air and water transfer halted

atmospheric circumpolar currents

Antarctica cools down to a frigid state

deterioration of the northern section

contributed to the Permian Extinction

beetles and cicadas wiped away

acid oceans dissolving benthic species