Tethys Ocean

E201671

ancient ocean geological feature paleo-ocean

The Tethys Ocean was a vast ancient ocean that existed between the supercontinents of Gondwana and Laurasia, playing a key role in Mesozoic plate tectonics and marine evolution.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Tethys Ocean canonical	5
Neotethys Ocean	1
Tethys Ocean extensive in low latitudes	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient ocean ⓘ geological feature ⓘ paleo-ocean ⓘ
associatedWith	Alpine orogeny ⓘ Himalayan orogeny ⓘ Zagros orogeny ⓘ
bordered	northern margin of Gondwana ⓘ southern margin of Laurasia ⓘ
closedBy	collision of Africa with Eurasia ⓘ collision of India with Eurasia ⓘ convergence of Arabian plate with Eurasia ⓘ
existedDuring	Cretaceous ⓘ surface form: Cretaceous period Jurassic Period ⓘ surface form: Jurassic period Mesozoic Era ⓘ surface form: Mesozoic era Triassic ⓘ surface form: Triassic period
followedBy	Aral Sea ⓘ Black Sea ⓘ Caspian Sea ⓘ Indian Ocean margins ⓘ Mediterranean Sea ⓘ surface form: modern Mediterranean Sea
fossilRecordIncludes	ammonites ⓘ coral reefs ⓘ marine reptiles ⓘ rudist bivalves ⓘ
hadRemnant	Paleo-Tethys Ocean ⓘ surface form: Neo-Tethys Ocean Paratethys Sea ⓘ
importantFor	Mesozoic marine biodiversity ⓘ carbonate platform deposition ⓘ hydrocarbon source rock formation ⓘ reef development ⓘ
locatedBetween	Gondwana ⓘ Laurasia ⓘ
namedAfter	Tethys ⓘ
namedBy	Eduard Suess ⓘ
partlyPreservedAs	Aral Sea ⓘ Black Sea ⓘ Caspian Sea ⓘ Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
playedRoleIn	Mesozoic plate tectonics ⓘ marine evolution ⓘ
precededBy	Paleo-Tethys Ocean ⓘ
relatedTo	breakup of Pangaea ⓘ opening of the Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
stratigraphicEvidenceFoundIn	Alps ⓘ Carpathian Mountains ⓘ surface form: Carpathians Caucasus ⓘ Himalayas ⓘ Mediterranean region ⓘ Middle East ⓘ
subductedUnder	Eurasian Plate ⓘ surface form: Eurasian plate

How these facts were elicited

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Instruction

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# Requirements
- If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list.
- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
- Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf".
- Do not get too wordy.
- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.

Input

Subject: Tethys Ocean
Description of subject: The Tethys Ocean was a vast ancient ocean that existed between the supercontinents of Gondwana and Laurasia, playing a key role in Mesozoic plate tectonics and marine evolution.

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Triassic → associatedWith → Tethys Ocean ⓘ

Late Triassic → ocean → Tethys Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tethys Ocean extensive in low latitudes

Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event → hasGlobalExtent → Tethys Ocean ⓘ

supercontinent Pangaea → hadInteriorSea → Tethys Ocean ⓘ

subject surface form: Pangaea

Tethyan Himalaya → relatedTo → Tethys Ocean ⓘ

Tethyan Himalaya → namedAfter → Tethys Ocean ⓘ

Bitlis–Zagros suture zone → relatedOcean → Tethys Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Neotethys Ocean