Karoo Gondwana Paleoclimate Archive

UCT Geochronology 120-Ma

Stratigraphic Supergroup 6 Units

Chronostratigraphic Age 251.9 Ma
Jurassic (180 Ma) Carboniferous (300 Ma)

Multi-Proxy Gondwana Logs (300 – 180 Ma)

δ13C Organic/Carbonate Excursions (‰ VPDB) -28.4 ‰
Terrestrial Paleotemperature (°C) & Aridity 32.4 °C | Hyper-Arid
Faunal Turnover (%) & Paleolatitude (°S) Turnover: 89% | Lat: 42.1°S

Zone Diagnostic Permo-Triassic

Lithofacies
Braided red beds
Sedimentation Rate
62 m/Ma
Terrestrial Turnover
89%
Paleolatitude
42°S
Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone
Post-extinction disaster taxon dominance following mass collapse of tapinocephalid/gorgonopsian fauna.
Research Model Comparison

UCT 2026 Finding: Multi-pulse isotopic shifts reject the slow monotonic drying hypothesis, proving rapid humid-arid oscillations triggered by volcanic hyperthermals.

Exported Stratigraphic Summary

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