The breakup of a supercontinent is a vital process of global tectonic evolution. How exactly West Gondwana and Pangea broke up is a controversial topic with many unanswered questions and problems that the reconstruction models attempt to solve. Since the mid-20th century in the course of modeling the South Atlantic tectonic evolution, several works contributed to the understanding of South America and Africa pre-breakup configuration, early stages of rift, and the kinematic involved in the rupture. However, these plate reconstruction models present several misfit problems. Here we review and analyze such misfits based on compiled geophysical and geological data by reproducing and comparing 15 reconstruction models since the pioneering work of Bullard et al. (1965). The location and magnitude of gaps and overlaps in each model are significantly different, in which fit differences mostly result from the assumed deformation. Nevertheless, a few similarities can be drawn, such as the maximum implemented overlap in the Central segment of the South Atlantic. We recognize that the accurate quantification of intraplate deformation is a challenge in refined models, and argue that South Atlantic models that restore intraplate deformation using geological and kinematic constraints tend to achieve a better fit.

超级大陆的分裂是全球构造演化的重要过程。西冈瓦纳大陆和盘古大陆究竟是如何分裂的是一个有争议的话题，重建模型试图解决许多悬而未决的问题。自 20 世纪中叶以来，在模拟南大西洋构造演化的过程中，多项工作有助于了解南美洲和非洲破裂前的构造、裂谷的早期阶段以及破裂所涉及的运动学。然而，这些板块重建模型存在几个不匹配的问题。在这里，我们通过复制和比较自 Bullard 等人开创性工作以来的 15 个重建模型，根据编译的地球物理和地质数据审查和分析这种不匹配。（1965 年）。每个模型中间隙和重叠的位置和大小明显不同，其中拟合差异主要是由假设的变形引起的。然而，可以得出一些相似之处，例如南大西洋中部部分的最大实施重叠。我们认识到，精确量化板内变形是精细模型中的一个挑战，并认为使用地质和运动学约束恢复板内变形的南大西洋模型往往能实现更好的拟合。