| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:geological_supergroup 
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                                | gptkbp:age | Late Carboniferous to Early Jurassic 
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                                | gptkbp:ageRange | ~300 to 180 million years ago 
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                                | gptkbp:composedOf | gptkb:Beaufort_Group gptkb:Drakensberg_Group
 gptkb:Dwyka_Group
 gptkb:Ecca_Group
 gptkb:Stormberg_Group
 
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                                | gptkbp:contains | gptkb:Permian-Triassic_boundary volcanic rocks
 sandstones
 coal seams
 shales
 flood basalts
 glacial tillites
 mudstones
 siltstones
 
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                                | gptkbp:containsCoalDeposits | yes 
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                                | gptkbp:containsFossilsOf | amphibians reptiles
 early dinosaurs
 therapsids
 mammal-like reptiles
 glossopteris flora
 
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                                | gptkbp:depositionalEnvironment | volcanic glacial
 lacustrine
 fluvial
 
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                                | gptkbp:firstDescribed | gptkb:19th_century 
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                                | gptkbp:locatedIn | southern Africa 
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                                | gptkbp:location | gptkb:Botswana gptkb:Lesotho
 gptkb:Namibia
 gptkb:South_Africa
 gptkb:Swaziland
 gptkb:Zimbabwe
 gptkb:Karoo_Basin
 
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                                | gptkbp:namedAfter | gptkb:Karoo_region 
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                                | gptkbp:notableFor | well-preserved fossils record of mass extinction events
 
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                                | gptkbp:overlies | gptkb:Cape_Supergroup 
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                                | gptkbp:relatedTo | gptkb:Gondwana_breakup 
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                                | gptkbp:significance | coal mining paleontology
 
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                                | gptkbp:studiedBy | geologists paleontologists
 
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                                | gptkbp:thickness | up to 12,000 meters 
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                                | gptkbp:underlies | gptkb:Kalahari_Group 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:Karoo 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 6 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | Karoo Supergroup 
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