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.

All labels observed (3)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf paleogeographic landmass
supercontinent
alsoKnownAs Greater Gondwana
linked to: Gondwana

Vendian supercontinent
approximateBreakupAgeMa 540
approximateFormationAgeMa 600
assembledNearEndOf Precambrian Supereon
associatedWithOrogeny Cadomian orogeny
Pan-African orogeny
brokeUpInto Baltica
Gondwana
Laurentia
Siberia
containedCraton Baltic craton
Gondwanan cratons
Laurentian craton
linked to: Laurentia

Siberian craton
linked to: 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 Mesozoic supercontinent Pangaea
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

How these facts were elicited

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

Proterozoic Eon includes supercontinent Pannotia
Rodinia followedBy Pannotia supercontinent
subject linked to: supercontinent Rodinia
linked to: supercontinent Pannotia
Pannotia alsoKnownAs Vendian supercontinent
subject linked to: supercontinent Pannotia
linked to: supercontinent Pannotia
Pangaea precededBy supercontinent Pannotia
subject linked to: supercontinent Pangaea
Neoproterozoic supercontinent cycle relatedTo supercontinent Pannotia
Pan-African Ocean surrounded supercontinent Pannotia
Pannotia alsoKnownAs Vendian supercontinent
linked to: supercontinent Pannotia