Pannotia was centred on the South Pole, hence its name.
Pannotia (from Greek: pan-, "all", -nótos, "south"; meaning "all southern land"), also known as the Vendian supercontinent, Greater Gondwana, and the Pan-African supercontinent, was a relatively short-lived Neoproterozoic supercontinent that formed at the end of the Precambrian during the Pan-African orogeny (650–500 Ma), during the Cryogenian period and broke apart 560 Ma with the opening of the Iapetus Ocean, in the late Ediacaran and early Cambrian.[1]
Pannotia formed when Laurentia was located adjacent to the two major South American cratons, Amazonia and Río de la Plata. The opening of the Iapetus Ocean separated Laurentia from Baltica, Amazonia, and Río de la Plata.[2] A 2022 paper argues that Pannotia never fully existed, reinterpreting the geochronological evidence: "the supposed landmass had begun to break up well before it was fully assembled".[3] However, the assembly of the next supercontinent Pangaea is well established.
^Scotese 2009, Reconstruction of Rodinia and Pannotia, p. 68
^Unrug 1997, pp. 3–4, Fig. 3
^Nance, R. Damian; Evans, David A.D.; Murphy, J. Brendan (2022). "Pannotia: To be or not to be?". Earth-Science Reviews. 232: 104128. doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2022.104128.
Pannotia (from Greek: pan-, "all", -nótos, "south"; meaning "all southern land"), also known as the Vendian supercontinent, Greater Gondwana, and the Pan-African...
each other within the short-lived, Precambrian-Cambrian supercontinent Pannotia or Greater Gondwana. At this time a series of continental blocks – Peri-Gondwana –...
fragments of Rodinia gathered into another short-lived supercontinent, Pannotia, at the very end of the Proterozoic. This continent broke up again almost...
breakup of the supercontinent of Pannotia and ended while the supercontinent Pangaea was assembling. The breakup of Pannotia began with the opening of the...
are not nearly as well understood as those of the later supercontinents, Pannotia and Pangaea. According to one reconstruction, when Rodinia broke up, it...
with its continental fragments reassembled to form Pannotia 633–573 Ma. In contrast with Pannotia, little is known about the configuration and geodynamic...
Rodinia, and Panthalassa, which surrounded the supercontinent Pangaea. Pannotia and Columbia, along with landmasses before Columbia (such as Ur and Kenorland)...
around 550 Ma. The hypothetical supercontinent is sometimes referred to as Pannotia or Vendia.: 321–322 The evidence for it is a phase of continental collision...
Rodinia, began to break apart. The continents later recombined to form Pannotia, 600 to 540 million years ago, then finally Pangaea, which broke apart...
ongoing debate around the existence of the Neoproterozoic supercontinent of Pannotia, means that while most models agree the continents lay in the southern...
Rodinia, began to break apart. The continents later recombined to form Pannotia at 600–540 Ma, then finally Pangaea, which also began to break apart at...
ISBN 978-0-387-98313-4. "GEOL 102 The Proterozoic Eon II: Rodinia and Pannotia". Geol.umd.edu. 5 January 2010. Retrieved 31 October 2010. Mussett, Alan...
leading to the formation of the short-lived Ediacaran supercontinent Pannotia, which by the end of the period breaks up into Laurentia, Baltica, Siberia...
to 2.1 Ga); Columbia (1.8 to 1.5 Ga); Rodinia (1.25 Ga to 750 Ma); and Pannotia (c. 600 Ma), whose dispersal produced the continents that ultimately collided...
Rodinia, began to break apart. The continents later recombined to form Pannotia which broke apart about 540 million years ago, then finally Pangaea, which...
cratons (possibly) later assembled into another supercontinent called Pannotia, in the Ediacaran.[citation needed] Eyles and Young state, "Most Neoproterozoic...
Retrieved 28 November 2015. Scotese 2009, Reconstruction of Rodinia and Pannotia, p. 68 Bradley, D.C. (2011). "Secular Trends in the Geologic Record and...
superseding Cambrian Explosion some 35 million years later. The supercontinent Pannotia formed and broke apart by the end of the period. The Ediacaran also witnessed...
have decreased in magnitude after every period. Columbia, about 1,590 Mya Pannotia, 545 Mya (disputed[clarification needed]), centered on South Pole Gondwana...
continental cores. These have included Vaalbara, Kenorland, Columbia, Rodinia, Pannotia, and Pangaea. Over time, these supercontinents broke apart into large landmasses...
and the Hunic terranes Pan-African Ocean, the ocean that surrounded the Pannotia supercontinent Panthalassa, the vast world ocean that surrounded the Pangaea...
orogeny. The Neoproterozoic Pan-African orogeny and the assembly of Gondwana/Pannotia produced large shear zones between Grunehogna and Kalahari. During the...
Precambrian/Cambrian boundary, forming the short-lived and still disputed supercontinent Pannotia. The Mozambique Ocean separated the Congo–Tanzania–Bangweulu Block of central...
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