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Episode 394 The Mangrullo Formation of Uruguay

History of the Earth by Richard I. Gibson

Apr 3, 2018Science & Medicine

Today we’re going back about 280 million years, to what is now Uruguay in South America. 280 million years ago puts us in the early part of the Permian Period. Gondwana, the huge southern continent, was in the process of...

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Episode 394 The Mangrullo Formation of Uruguay is an episode from History of the Earth by Richard I. Gibson. Today we’re going back about 280 million years, to what is now Uruguay in South America. 280 million years ago puts us in the early...

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