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ID: 7668946
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7668946
Record Type:
administrative
Tethys Sea (former body of water)
Coordinates:
Lat: 31 30 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 31.5000
decimal degrees
Long: 030 00 00 E
degrees minutes
Long: 30.0000
decimal degrees
Note:
Former sea that separated the supercontinent of Laurasia from Gondwana during much of the Mesozoic Era (251-65.5 million years ago). Continental collisions eventually eliminated the sea.
Names:
Tethys Sea
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preferred
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C
,
V
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English-P
,
U
)
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named in 1893 by the Austrian geologist Eduard Suess referring to consort of ancient Greek god Oceanus
Tethys Ocean
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C
,
V
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Hierarchical Position:
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Tethys Sea
(former body of water) (
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Place Types:
former body of water (
preferred
,
C
)
sea (
H
)
Sources and Contributors:
Tethys Ocean..........
[
VP
]
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Suess, Ocean Depths (1893)
Tethys Sea..........
[
VP Preferred
]
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Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014)
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Suess, Ocean Depths (1893)
Subject:
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VP
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Note:
English
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Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014)
"Tethys Sea," accessed 16 May 2015
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