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

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Tethys was a large ocean basin that existed from the Triassic to the Paleocene. It separated the supercontinents of Laurasia and Gondwana and was eventually closed as a result of plate tectonic activity.

Tethys Was ________