what era was it when pangea broke up
Pangaea begins to break up. Pangaea or Pangea (/paenËdÊiËÉ/) pÃ¦nËdÊiËÉ was a supercontinent that existed during the Late paleozoic and Early mesozoic. Eras it assembled from earlier continental units approximately 300 million years, ago and it began to break apart about 175 million years. agot assembled from earlier continental units approximately 300 million years ago, and it began to break apart about 175 million years ago. In contrast to the present Earth and its distribution of continental mass, much of Pangaea was in the southern hemisphere and surrounded by a super ocean, Panthalassa.