“Reunite Gondwanaland!”. I had that bumper sticker on my truck years ago (geology school). Every so often somebody would say something like “Oh - is that that civil war in Africa?”
Also had the “Earth First!” (we’ll mine the rest of the planets later) sticker.
It was formed by the accretion of several cratons. Eventually, Gondwana became the largest piece of continental crust of the Paleozoic Era, covering an area of about 100,000,000 km2 (39,000,000 sq mi).[3]
During the Carboniferous, it merged with Euramerica to form a larger supercontinent called Pangaea.
Gondwana (and Pangaea) gradually broke up during the Mesozoic Era [Triassic Period].
The remnants of Gondwana make up about two-thirds of today’s continental area, including South America, Africa, Antarctica, Australia, and the Indian Subcontinent.
The formation of Gondwana began c. 800 to 650 Ma with the East African Orogeny – the collision of India and Madagascar with East Africa – and was completed c. 600 to 530 Ma with the overlapping Brasiliano and Kuunga orogenies – the collision of South America with Africa and the addition of Australia and Antarctica, respectively.[4]