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List of Earth's former oceans
This is a list of former
oceans that disappeared due to
tectonic movements and other geographical and climatic changes. In alphabetic order:
List
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Bridge River Ocean, the ocean between the ancient
Insular Islands (that is,
Stikinia) and
North America
-
Cache Creek Ocean, a Paleozoic ocean between the
Wrangellia Superterrane and
Yukon-Tanana Terrane
-
Iapetus Ocean, the
Southern hemisphere ocean between
Baltica and
Avalonia
-
Kahiltna-Nutotzin Ocean,
Mesozoic
-
Khanty Ocean, the
Precambrian to
Silurian ocean between
Baltica and the
Siberian continent
-
Medicine Hat Ocean, a small
Proterozoic ocean basin
-
Mezcalera Ocean, the ocean between the
Guerrero Terrane and
Laurentia
-
Mirovia, the ocean that surrounded the
Rodinia
supercontinent
-
Mongol-Okhotsk Ocean, the early Mesozoic ocean between the
North China and
Siberia cratons
-
Oimyakon Ocean, the northernmost part of the Mesozoic
Panthalassa Ocean
-
Paleo-Tethys Ocean, the ocean between
Gondwana and the
Hunic
terranes
-
Pan-African Ocean, the ocean that surrounded the
Pannotia supercontinent
-
Panthalassa, the vast world ocean that surrounded the
Pangaea supercontinent, also referred to as the
Paleo-Pacific Ocean
-
Pharusian Ocean,
Neoproterozoic
-
Poseidon Ocean,
Mesoproterozoic
-
Pontus Ocean, the western part of the early Mesozoic
Panthalassa Ocean
-
Proto-Tethys Ocean,
Neoproterozoic
-
Rheic Ocean, the Paleozoic ocean between
Gondwana and
Laurussia
-
Slide Mountain Ocean, the Mesozoic ocean between the ancient
Intermontane Islands (that is,
Wrangellia) and
North America
-
South Anuyi Ocean, Mesozoic ocean related to the formation of the
Arctic Ocean
-
Tethys Ocean, the ocean between the ancient continents of
Gondwana and
Laurasia
-
Thalassa Ocean, the eastern part of the early Mesozoic
Panthalassa Ocean
-
Ural Ocean, the Paleozoic ocean between Siberia and
Baltica
See also