From the east a vast gulf entered Pangaea, the Tethys Ocean.
They lived in the Western Tethys Ocean, in what is now Europe.
About 50 million years ago, this fast moving plate had completely closed the Tethys Ocean.
The Mediterranean was once thought to be the remnant of the Tethys Ocean.
It probably inhabited the muddy and sandy bottoms of the inner Tethys Ocean.
Models have suggested that this seasonal low was positioned at 35 latitude, relatively near the Tethys Ocean.
This orogeny, which is continuing today, is related to closure of the Tethys Ocean.
Before uplift, they were covered by the Tethys Ocean.
In truth, the site had its origins in a sandbank of the Tethys Ocean.
This ocean is generally regarded as an eastern extension of the Tethys Ocean.
