Late Devonian Climate

(360 million years ago)

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During the Late Devonian Pangea began to assemble.   Thick coals formed for the first time in the tropical rainforests in the Canadian Arctic and in southern China.    Glaciers covered parts of the Amazon Basin, which was located close to teh South Pole.  MAP LEGEND

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