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.
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| 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.
subject surface form: "Pannotia"
this entity surface form: "Vendian supercontinent"
subject surface form: "Rodinia"
this entity surface form: "Pannotia supercontinent"