Tethys Was _________

question 109

Multiple Choice

Tethys was _________.

• A) a huge mountain range formed when Africa pushed northward into Europe in Eocene time
• B) a super continent that formed in the late Paleozoic and broke apart in Triassic time
• C) a large, ocean basin that opened in the Triassic and closed in the Paleocene
• D) a large, Precambrian shield area in Africa and South America that broke apart late in the Proterozoic Eon

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