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.
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