Pacific and Atlantic Oceans Merged Earlier Than Previously Believed

Pacific and Atlantic Oceans Merged Earlier Than Previously Believed
By Sara Goudarzi
20 April 2006
LiveScience.com

"The Pacific and Atlantic oceans were separated by a giant landmass once, but then a chink formed in this supercontinent and their waters intermingled. New fossil dating reveals that this event occurred about 41 million years ago, millions of years earlier than some scientists had estimated."

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