Were does Central America fit into the pangea?

Question

I was looking at a Pangea map, and I notice central America wasn't there. Why did they take out?

Answer 1

Central America was formed after Pangea broke apart. The oldest rocks in Central America (excluding Mexico) are Early Cretaceous that's after the breakdown of Pangea but during or related to the Gondwana Breakdown (the separation of Africa and South America).

Answer 2

I think it was stretched outward when north America moved.

The Pacific coast of what is now South America looked far different then. The Andes Mountains didn't exist yet. The Gulf of Mexico was probably a back-arc basin, open either to the north or west. (The existence of Central America at this time is doubtful. It seems likely that the Yucatan Peninsula was attached directly to Colombia or Venezuela.) The Amazon Basin, into which the Niger River discharged, was a large sea that opened into the Pacific.

Answer 3

Right in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean is the mid ocean ridge which is a spreading center. It split in the Cretaceous as "Scientist" pointed out. South America fits right onto Africa as it looks like it should on a map. It is also important to include the continental shelf of each continent when connecting them. They fit really well and you can even show similar rocks and geology on both sides of the split.

Answer 4

It is not there, sorta. it is still apart of the N. American plate. Its just the movement over time, rising and falling oceans, volcanic activity, and techtonic movement eventually gave rise to the areas of Latin America.

Answer 5

Its there. It fits into Western Africa.

Answer 6

check it out...shows a fiew pics of what fits together

Answer 7

the ticos know