September 2nd

Pangaea was a contiguous landmass after Noah's flood, but it appears to have had a centrally located ocean which became the Mediterranean sea. The coasts of this sea became the cradle of civilization.

September 1st

Planet earth after Noah's flood was the super-continent Pangaea

In SciPop, all of the continents were once part of the super-continent Pangaea. This is Biblical and it allows us to incorporate plate tectonics and evolution into the creation narrative.

August 24th

Comparison of Earth before and after Peleg's tectonics.

The Miocene is the Miocene because it's the Miocene. Anything that's not characteristic of the Miocene is assigned to something other than the Miocene. It's a little microcosm of circular reasoning.