Tethys Ocean

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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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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

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Instruction
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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
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