Gondwana (supercontinent)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Gondwana_(supercontinent)

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	supercontinent
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Gondwanaland
gptkbp:began_to_break_up	about 180 million years ago
gptkbp:broke_up_into	gptkb:Africa gptkb:Antarctica gptkb:Arabian_Peninsula gptkb:Australia gptkb:Madagascar gptkb:South_America gptkb:Indian_Subcontinent
gptkbp:existedDuring	gptkb:Mesozoic_Era gptkb:Neoproterozoic_Era gptkb:Paleozoic_Era
gptkbp:formed	about 600 million years ago
gptkbp:fossil_evidence_includes	gptkb:Cynognathus gptkb:Glossopteris gptkb:Lystrosaurus gptkb:Mesosaurus
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Gondwana (supercontinent)
gptkbp:includedPresentDay	gptkb:Africa gptkb:Antarctica gptkb:Arabian_Peninsula gptkb:Australia gptkb:Madagascar gptkb:South_America gptkb:Indian_Subcontinent
gptkbp:involvedIn	formation of the Atlantic Ocean formation of the African Plate formation of the Antarctic Plate formation of the Arabian Plate formation of the Australian Plate formation of the Indian Ocean formation of the Indian Plate formation of the Indo-Australian Plate formation of the Madagascar Plate formation of the South American Plate formation of the South Atlantic Ocean formation of the South Pacific Ocean formation of the Southern Ocean
gptkbp:namedAfter	gptkb:Gondwana_region_of_India
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Pangaea
gptkbp:separates	gptkb:Laurasia
gptkbp:was_a_counterpart_to	gptkb:Laurasia
gptkbp:was_a_major_component_of	gptkb:Pangaea
gptkbp:was_covered_by	glaciers during the late Paleozoic
gptkbp:was_located	in the Southern Hemisphere
gptkbp:was_south_of	gptkb:Laurasia
gptkbp:was_theorized_by	gptkb:Eduard_Suess
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Gondwana_Station
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7