Ur (continent)
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Ur is the name of the first known continent that probably formed 3 billion years ago in the early Archean Eon. Ur joined with the continents Nena and Atlantica about one billion years ago to form the supercontinent Rodinia. Ur survived for a long time, until it was first torn apart when the supercontinent Pangaea broke apart about 208 million years ago into Laurasia and Gondwanaland. It now forms parts of Africa, Australia, India, and Madagascar. In the early period of its existence, it was probably the only continent on Earth, and is so considered by some to be a supercontinent, even though it was probably smaller than Australia is now.
