Gondwana Group

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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.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Gondwana Supergroup 6
Gondwana Group canonical 2
Gondwana sequence 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geologic group ⓘ
associatedWithTectonics Gondwana rifting ⓘ
early breakup of Gondwana ⓘ
chronostratigraphicRange Carboniferous ⓘ
Jurassic ⓘ
Permian ⓘ
Triassic ⓘ
contains coal-bearing formations ⓘ
fossiliferous horizons ⓘ
containsFossilsOf invertebrates ⓘ
plants ⓘ
vertebrates ⓘ
containsLithology coal ⓘ
conglomerate ⓘ
sandstone ⓘ
shale ⓘ
siltstone ⓘ
depositedOn Gondwana supercontinent ⓘ
linked to: Gondwana
depositionalEnvironment lakes ⓘ
river systems ⓘ
swamps ⓘ
economicImportance coal resources ⓘ
hydrocarbon potential ⓘ
extendsAcross Africa ⓘ
Antarctica ⓘ
Australia ⓘ
India ⓘ
South America ⓘ
geologicAge early Mesozoic ⓘ
late Paleozoic ⓘ
linked to: Late Paleozoic
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 ⓘ
researchField paleontology ⓘ
sedimentology ⓘ
stratigraphy ⓘ
usedIn correlation of Gondwanan basins ⓘ
paleogeographic reconstructions of Gondwana ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

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

Pranhita valley → hasStratigraphy → Gondwana Group ⓘ
Pranhita valley → hasStratigraphy → Upper Gondwana formations ⓘ
linked to: Gondwana Group
Raniganj Formation → partOf → Gondwana Supergroup ⓘ
linked to: Gondwana Group
Raniganj Formation → stratigraphicUnitOf → Gondwana sequence ⓘ
linked to: Gondwana Group
Barakar Formation → partOf → Gondwana Supergroup ⓘ
linked to: Gondwana Group
Gondwana coalfields → partOf → Gondwana Supergroup ⓘ
linked to: Gondwana Group
Gondwana coalfields → stratigraphicUnit → Gondwana Group ⓘ
Wardha Valley Coalfield → geologicalAge → Gondwana Supergroup ⓘ
linked to: Gondwana Group
Indian Gondwana basins → partOf → Gondwana Supergroup ⓘ
linked to: Gondwana Group
Pranhita–Godavari basin → stratigraphy → Gondwana Supergroup ⓘ
linked to: Gondwana Group