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AFRICA SOUTH AMERICA LAURENTIA ANTARCTICA TEXAS BALTICA RODINIA Late Neoproterozoic
AFRICA SOUTH AMERICA LAURENTIA ANTARCTICA TEXAS BALTICA PANNOTIA Early Cambrian
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Early Cambrian
Middle Cambrian
Late Cambrian
Early Ordovician
Middle Ordovician
1999 UTIG Late Ordovician
1999 UTIG Early Silurian
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1999 UTIG Early Devonian
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1999 UTIG Late Carboniferous
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1999 UTIG Present Day
From Texas to Antarctica By I.W.D. Dalziel, L.A. Lawver, M.F. Coffin, and L.M. Gahagan 1999, University of Texas Institute for Geophysics September 10, 1999
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Animation is shown in 10 million-year steps from 750 Ma to Present. The center of the view is 10 S, 60 W which keeps Texas in the field of view. Projection = Orthographic
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For more information, contact: Lisa M. Gahagan Institute for Geophysics 4412 Spicewood Springs Rd., Bldg. 600 Austin, TX