| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:geological_formation 
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                                | gptkbp:borderedBy | gptkb:Cape_Fold_Belt gptkb:Kaapvaal_Craton
 
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                                | gptkbp:contains | gptkb:Karoo_Supergroup gptkb:Beaufort_Group
 gptkb:Drakensberg_Group
 gptkb:Dwyka_Group
 gptkb:Ecca_Group
 gptkb:Stormberg_Group
 
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                                | gptkbp:containsFossilsOf | gptkb:Glossopteris_flora early dinosaurs
 cynodonts
 dicynodonts
 therapsids
 Permian-Triassic vertebrates
 
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                                | gptkbp:depositionalEnvironment | volcanic glacial
 lacustrine
 fluvial
 deltaic
 
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                                | gptkbp:extendsTo | gptkb:Botswana gptkb:Lesotho
 gptkb:Namibia
 gptkb:Swaziland
 gptkb:Zimbabwe
 
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                                | gptkbp:formed | Late Carboniferous to Early Jurassic 
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                                | gptkbp:hasEconomicResource | gptkb:limestone gptkb:ceramics
 gptkb:coal
 gptkb:jewelry
 gptkb:stone
 gptkb:uranium
 shale gas
 
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                                | gptkbp:knownFor | paleontological significance coal deposits
 natural gas (shale gas)
 
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                                | gptkbp:locatedIn | gptkb:South_Africa 
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                                | gptkbp:namedAfter | gptkb:Karoo_region 
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                                | gptkbp:partOf | gptkb:Gondwana 
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                                | gptkbp:servesArea | approximately 600,000 square kilometers 
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                                | gptkbp:significantEvent | gptkb:Karoo_volcanism gptkb:Permian-Triassic_extinction_event
 
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                                | gptkbp:studiedBy | geologists paleontologists
 
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                                | gptkbp:typeLocalityFor | gptkb:Karoo_Supergroup 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:Karoo_Supergroup gptkb:Cynognathus
 gptkb:Archosauria
 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 7 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | Karoo Basin 
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