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Atlantica
Ancient continent formed during the Proterozoic about 2 billion years ago / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other uses, see Atlantica (disambiguation).
Atlantica (Greek: Ατλαντικα; Atlantika) is an ancient continent that formed during the Proterozoic about 2,000 million years ago (two billion years ago, Ga) from various 2 Ga cratons located in what are now West Africa and eastern South America.[1] The name, introduced by Rogers 1996, was chosen because the parts of the ancient continent are now located on opposite sides of the South Atlantic Ocean.[2]
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