supercontinent Pannotia

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Supercontinent Pannotia was a short-lived late Proterozoic landmass that assembled near the end of the Precambrian and preceded the formation of the better-known supercontinent Pangaea.


Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf paleogeographic landmass
supercontinent
alsoKnownAs Gondwana
surface form: "Greater Gondwana"

supercontinent Pannotia
surface form: "Vendian supercontinent"
approximateBreakupAgeMa 540
approximateFormationAgeMa 600
assembledNearEndOf Precambrian Supereon
associatedWithOrogeny Cadomian orogeny
Pan-African orogeny
brokeUpInto Baltica
Gondwana
Laurentia
Siberia
containedCraton Fennoscandian Shield
surface form: "Baltic craton"

Gondwanan cratons
Laurentia
surface form: "Laurentian craton"

Siberian Craton
surface form: "Siberian craton"
continentConfiguration high-latitude configuration near the South Pole
continentIncludedRegion proto-Africa
proto-Antarctica
proto-Australia
proto-South America
durationEstimateMa about 60
evidenceFrom geochronology
orogenic belts of Africa and South America
paleomagnetism
structural geology
followedBy Gondwana-dominated configuration
formedIn Ediacaran Period
late Neoproterozoic
late Proterozoic
geologicalEon Proterozoic Eon
geologicalEra Neoproterozoic Era
oceanSurrounding Pan-African Ocean
paleoclimateContext Neoproterozoic glaciations vicinity
preceded supercontinent Pangaea
surface form: "Mesozoic supercontinent Pangaea"

supercontinent Pangaea
surface form: "Pangaea"
precedesInTime Cambrian explosion
researchField Precambrian geology
paleogeography
plate tectonics
shortLived true
statusInLiterature hypothesized supercontinent supported by multiple reconstructions
supercontinentCyclePhase assembly phase before breakup into Gondwana and other continents
tectonicSetting assembly by continental collision
temporalRelationToRodinia formedAfterRodinia
representsReconfigurationOfRodiniaFragments
timeScaleContext Neoproterozoic supercontinent cycle

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

supercontinent Pannotia alsoKnownAs supercontinent Pannotia
subject surface form: "Pannotia"
this entity surface form: "Vendian supercontinent"
supercontinent Rodinia followedBy supercontinent Pannotia
subject surface form: "Rodinia"
this entity surface form: "Pannotia supercontinent"
Proterozoic Eon includes supercontinent Pannotia

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