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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Tethys was indeed a large ocean basin that opened during the Triassic period and eventually closed in the Paleocene, as the continents of what are now Europe, Africa, and Asia moved and collided.

Tethys Was _________