Paleo-Tethys Ocean

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ancient ocean paleocean

The Paleo-Tethys Ocean was an ancient ocean that existed between the supercontinents Gondwana and Laurasia before the formation of the later Tethys Ocean.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Neo-Tethys Ocean 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient ocean ⓘ
paleocean ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Palaeo-Tethys Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ
Palaeotethys Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith Cimmerian orogeny NERFINISHED ⓘ
Variscan orogeny NERFINISHED ⓘ
closedAgainst northern margin of Gondwana-derived terranes ⓘ
southern margin of Laurasia ⓘ
closedBy continental collision ⓘ
subduction ⓘ
closureLinkedTo assembly of Pangea ⓘ
existedAlong northern margin of Gondwana ⓘ
southern margin of Laurasia ⓘ
existedDuring Carboniferous period NERFINISHED ⓘ
Permian period NERFINISHED ⓘ
Triassic period ⓘ
early Mesozoic ⓘ
late Paleozoic ⓘ
followed Proto-Tethys Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ
followedBy Neo-Tethys Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ
fossilRecordEvidence Paleozoic and early Mesozoic marine faunas ⓘ
geologicTimeAppearance around 350 million years ago ⓘ
late Carboniferous ⓘ
geologicTimeDisappearance around 190 million years ago ⓘ
early Jurassic ⓘ
locatedBetween Gondwana and Laurasia NERFINISHED ⓘ
marginType active continental margins in many sectors ⓘ
passive continental margins in some sectors ⓘ
olderThan Tethys Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ
paleogeographicRole major ocean basin of the Tethyan realm ⓘ
partOf Tethyan oceanic realm ⓘ
preceded Tethys Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy Proto-Tethys Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo Neo-Tethys Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ
Proto-Tethys Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rheic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ
remnantsPreservedAs deep-marine sedimentary sequences ⓘ
ophiolite complexes ⓘ
researchField paleoceanography ⓘ
paleogeography ⓘ
plate tectonics ⓘ
separated Gondwana NERFINISHED ⓘ
Laurasia NERFINISHED ⓘ
subductedBeneath southern Laurasia NERFINISHED ⓘ
tectonicSetting between converging Gondwana and Laurasia plates ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Laurussia → borderedByAncientOcean → Paleo-Tethys Ocean ⓘ
Laurussia continent → borders → Paleo-Tethys Ocean ⓘ
subject surface form: Laurussia
Pan-African Ocean → followedBy → Paleo-Tethys Ocean ⓘ
supercontinent Pangaea → hadInteriorSea → Paleo-Tethys Ocean ⓘ
subject surface form: Pangaea
Tethys Ocean → hadRemnant → Paleo-Tethys Ocean ⓘ
this entity surface form: Neo-Tethys Ocean
Tethys Ocean → precededBy → Paleo-Tethys Ocean ⓘ