<div>Concordia plots for U-Pb radioisotopic data acquired by LA-ICPMS for samples from the Suurberg and Uitenhage Group.</div><div><br></div><div>The data were collected from 2015 to 2017.</div><div><br>LA-ICPMS: This was achieved using an <b>ASI
Resolution M-50-LR Excimer laser to ablate zircon grains within a
Laurin Technic M-50 dual-volume cell, both coupled to a Thermo
Scientific Element 2 single collector mass spectrometer. </b>All analyses were performed at the Central Analytical Facility at the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa. <div><br></div><div><br><br></div></div>
Funding
This project was supported by grants from the National Research Foundation African Origins Platform (GUN 91601 to EMB) and the DST-NRF Centre of Excellence in Palaeosciences (GUN CoE2017-050; COE2016-347 to EMB). A doctoral bursary to RAM is provided by the DST-NRF Centre of Excellence in Palaeosciences. The Palaeontological Scientific Trust (PAST), DST-NRF and the University of Cape Town supported RAM in several international study visits.