West Gondwana (paleocontinent)
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West Gondwana was a major Paleozoic paleocontinent comprising several ancient cratons of present-day South America and Africa that later became part of the supercontinent Gondwana.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| São Francisco–Congo paleocontinent | 1 |
| West Gondwana (paleocontinent) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18887440 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: West Gondwana (paleocontinent) Context triple: [Congo Craton, partOf, West Gondwana (paleocontinent)]
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A.
East Gondwana
East Gondwana was the eastern portion of the ancient supercontinent Gondwana, comprising what are now Antarctica, Australia, India, Madagascar, and parts of Southeast Asia, and played a key role in Precambrian and early Paleozoic tectonic evolution.
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B.
Gondwana
Gondwana was a vast ancient supercontinent in the Southern Hemisphere that included present-day South America, Africa, Antarctica, Australia, the Indian subcontinent, and the Arabian Peninsula.
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C.
Gondwana crust
Gondwana crust is the ancient continental foundation that underlies and predates the passive margins formed along the edges of the former supercontinent Gondwana.
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D.
Rio de la Plata Craton
The Rio de la Plata Craton is an ancient Precambrian continental crust block in South America that forms part of the geological core of the continent.
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E.
Gondwana 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.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: West Gondwana (paleocontinent) Target entity description: West Gondwana was a major Paleozoic paleocontinent comprising several ancient cratons of present-day South America and Africa that later became part of the supercontinent Gondwana.
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A.
East Gondwana
East Gondwana was the eastern portion of the ancient supercontinent Gondwana, comprising what are now Antarctica, Australia, India, Madagascar, and parts of Southeast Asia, and played a key role in Precambrian and early Paleozoic tectonic evolution.
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B.
Gondwana
Gondwana was a vast ancient supercontinent in the Southern Hemisphere that included present-day South America, Africa, Antarctica, Australia, the Indian subcontinent, and the Arabian Peninsula.
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C.
Gondwana crust
Gondwana crust is the ancient continental foundation that underlies and predates the passive margins formed along the edges of the former supercontinent Gondwana.
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D.
Rio de la Plata Craton
The Rio de la Plata Craton is an ancient Precambrian continental crust block in South America that forms part of the geological core of the continent.
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E.
Gondwana 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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: West Gondwana (paleocontinent)