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PACIFIC OCEAN
 The Earth as it looked in Jurassic times, 190 million years ago. Notice that many of the modern continents are still joined together as a supercontinent called Gondwanaland.
PACIFIC OCEAN
NORTH ATLANTIC
China South China
Indochina
PACIFIC OCEAN
Asian-Alaskan Alaska land bridge
ARCTIC OCEAN
Greenland
Eurasia
Rocky Mts.
Gulf of Mexico
Proto- Caribbean Sea
North America
North
North America
South America
Tibet
Mts. LAURASIA Europe
Iran
North China
South China
Indochina Southeast Asia
Siberia
Turkey
Ural
Te
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Tr
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TETHYS OCEAN
Australia
 The Earth as it looked in Late Cretaceous times, 94 million years ago. The continents have moved considerably from Jurassic times and have mainly become separated. Australia is still combined with Antarctica; and large parts of modern North America, North Africa, and Europe are underwater. India is still off the coast of southern Africa.
Late Cretaceous 94 Ma
Africa America
TETHYS OCEAN
South
Madagascar
SOUTH ATLANTIC
India Antarctica
Australia
Africa
Arabia
GONDWANA
India Mts.
Andes
Antarctica
Arabia
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