Gondwana Group

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geologic group

The Gondwana Group is a major sequence of sedimentary rock formations deposited during the late Paleozoic to early Mesozoic eras, widely known for preserving extensive coal measures and fossils across parts of the ancient supercontinent Gondwana.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Upper Gondwana formations	1

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geologic group ⓘ
associatedWithTectonics	Gondwana rifting GENERATED ⓘ early breakup of Gondwana GENERATED ⓘ
chronostratigraphicRange	Carboniferous NERFINISHED ⓘ Jurassic NERFINISHED ⓘ Permian ⓘ Triassic ⓘ
contains	coal-bearing formations ⓘ fossiliferous horizons ⓘ
containsFossilsOf	invertebrates ⓘ plants ⓘ vertebrates ⓘ
containsLithology	coal ⓘ conglomerate ⓘ sandstone ⓘ shale ⓘ siltstone ⓘ
depositedOn	Gondwana supercontinent NERFINISHED ⓘ
depositionalEnvironment	lakes ⓘ river systems ⓘ swamps ⓘ
economicImportance	coal resources ⓘ hydrocarbon potential ⓘ
extendsAcross	Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ Antarctica NERFINISHED ⓘ Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ India NERFINISHED ⓘ South America NERFINISHED ⓘ
geologicAge	early Mesozoic ⓘ late Paleozoic NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasStratigraphicSignificance	records early Mesozoic continental sedimentation on Gondwana ⓘ records late Paleozoic glacial to post-glacial history of Gondwana ⓘ
knownFor	extensive coal measures ⓘ fossil preservation ⓘ
paleogeographicSetting	continental ⓘ fluvial ⓘ lacustrine ⓘ
partOf	Gondwanan stratigraphic succession NERFINISHED ⓘ
researchField	paleontology ⓘ sedimentology ⓘ stratigraphy ⓘ
usedIn	correlation of Gondwanan basins ⓘ paleogeographic reconstructions of Gondwana ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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Pranhita valley → hasStratigraphy → Gondwana Group ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upper Gondwana formations