Fig. 11
Paleogeographic map for 165Â Ma (Bathonian, according to Gradstein et al. 2004) showing the oceanic basins discussed in the text, with continental crust in grey and oceanic crust in white. The Neotethys and the Pacific oceans were covering wide paleolatitude and paleolongitude ranges and were most of the time fully connected with each other. Whereas, the Central Atlantic and the Proto-Caribbean oceanic basins formed a low-latitude restricted Mediterranean-like sea with indirect surface-water connections with the world ocean