Pannotia
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Pannotia was a short-lived Neoproterozoic supercontinent that formed after the breakup of Rodinia and existed roughly 650–540 million years ago.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pannotia canonical | 8 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Neoproterozoic supercontinent
ⓘ
supercontinent ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Gondwana
ⓘ
surface form:
Greater Gondwana
supercontinent Pannotia ⓘ
surface form:
Vendian supercontinent
|
| approximatePaleolatitude | high southern latitudes ⓘ |
| assemblyProcess | collision and amalgamation of Neoproterozoic cratons ⓘ |
| associatedOrogeny |
Brasiliano orogeny
ⓘ
Cadomian orogeny ⓘ Kuunga orogeny ⓘ Pan-African orogeny ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Ediacaran Period
ⓘ
late Neoproterozoic glaciations ⓘ |
| breakupContributedTo |
opening of the Iapetus Ocean
ⓘ
opening of the early Paleozoic ocean basins ⓘ |
| breakupLedTo | formation of separate continents including Laurentia, Baltica, and Gondwana ⓘ |
| breakupProcess | rifting and continental fragmentation ⓘ |
| characteristic | short-lived compared to other supercontinents ⓘ |
| chronologicalPosition |
immediately precedes the Cambrian explosion in time
ⓘ
pre-Cambrian supercontinent ⓘ |
| continentAssembly | aggregation of Gondwana-related cratons with Laurentia, Baltica, and Siberia ⓘ |
| duration | approximately 110 million years ⓘ |
| endExistence | approximately 540 million years ago ⓘ |
| evidenceType |
geochronology
ⓘ
orogenic belts correlation ⓘ paleomagnetic data ⓘ structural geology ⓘ |
| followedBy | Gondwana ⓘ |
| formedAfter |
supercontinent Rodinia
ⓘ
surface form:
Rodinia
|
| geologicalEon |
Neoproterozoic Era
ⓘ
surface form:
Neoproterozoic Eon
|
| includedContinent |
Baltica
ⓘ
Gondwana ⓘ
surface form:
Gondwana core
Laurentia ⓘ Siberia ⓘ |
| namedBy | geologists studying Neoproterozoic supercontinents ⓘ |
| oceanicCounterpart | Pan-African oceans (broad sense) ⓘ |
| paleogeographicModel | continents arranged in a mostly equatorial to high-latitude ring around a large ocean ⓘ |
| precededBy |
supercontinent Rodinia
ⓘ
surface form:
Rodinia
|
| relatedConcept | supercontinent cycle ⓘ |
| significance |
reorganization of global plate tectonics before the Cambrian
ⓘ
represents a stage between Rodinia and Gondwana in the supercontinent cycle ⓘ |
| startExistence | approximately 650 million years ago ⓘ |
| status | hypothesized and reconstructed from geological evidence ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting | assembly of continental blocks around the South Pole ⓘ |
| timeSpanOverlaps |
Cryogenian Period
ⓘ
Ediacaran Period ⓘ late Neoproterozoic Era ⓘ |
| uncertainty | configuration and extent are debated among geologists ⓘ |
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Rodinia
subject surface form:
Proto-Africa
subject surface form:
Proto-Africa
subject surface form:
Proto-Africa