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