2 1 ) ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁ ▁References ▁▁▁ ▁Category : Year s ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁century ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁Kingdom <0x0A> </s> ▁The ▁East ▁African ▁O ro gen y ▁( E A O ) ▁is ▁the ▁main ▁stage ▁in ▁the ▁Ne opro ter oz o ic ▁assembly ▁of ▁East ▁and ▁West ▁G ond w ana ▁( Austral ia – Ind ia – Ant arct ica ▁and ▁Africa – S outh ▁America ) ▁along ▁the ▁Moz amb ique ▁B elt . ▁ ▁G ond w ana ▁assembly ▁The ▁notion ▁that ▁G ond w ana ▁was ▁assemble d ▁during ▁the ▁Late ▁P rec amb rian ▁from ▁two ▁older ▁fragments ▁along ▁the ▁Pan - A fr ican ▁Moz amb ique ▁B elt ▁was ▁first ▁proposed ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 8 0 s . ▁ ▁A ▁de cade ▁later ▁this ▁contin ental ▁collision ▁was ▁named ▁the ▁East ▁African ▁O ro gen y , ▁but ▁it ▁was ▁also ▁real ised ▁that ▁this ▁was ▁not ▁the ▁simple ▁bringing ▁together ▁of ▁two ▁hal ves . ▁ ▁R ather , ▁it ▁was ▁the ▁pie c eme al ▁assembly ▁of ▁several ▁much ▁smaller ▁cr at onic ▁elements ▁that ▁once ▁formed ▁an ▁earlier ▁super cont inent ▁( today ▁known ▁as ▁Rod in ia ), ▁a ▁process ▁that ▁eventually ▁cul min ated ▁in ▁the ▁relatively ▁short - l ived ▁G ond wan an ▁super cont inent . ▁ ▁Two ▁partly ▁in com par able ▁scenarios ▁have ▁been ▁proposed ▁for ▁this ▁assembly . ▁ ▁In ▁one ▁model , ▁the