羅迪尼亞 (Rodinia) 超級大陸出現在大約12 億至7億5000萬年前，它是其他幾個超級大陸當中的一個，這些超級大陸 (supercontinents)在過去幾億年的時間，歷經形成又分裂的階段，在這些超級大陸之前，或許有更早期的超級大陸出現過。羅迪尼亞超級大陸的分裂，牽涉到許多地殼活動，譬如格林威爾造山運動(Grenville Orogeny), 在地球上留下許多較古老的火成岩 (igneous rocks)。盤古大陸 (Pangea) 也是一個超級大陸，它的形成和分裂時間，發生在羅迪尼亞超級大陸之後的幾億年。
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相關連結
1. A page about the geological history of Jamestown, Rhode Island has a section about Rodinia that shows a map by Peter R. Johnson (1998) of how the continent may have looked.
2. As is usual for very ancient time scales, the Paleos website has a great page about Rodinia.
3. There is a fine page by “Chris” at the Peripatus site about Rodinia with some good references and another map of how it may have been configured.
4. Kevin P. Hefferan has a fantastic series of images about the world’s continents as they may have lain at various ages of geologic history linked from his simple page about Rodini
5. The University of Western Australia provides us with some maps of Rodinia.
