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Regional Events
Madagascar and India Break from Africa~160 Mya
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Schematic. Shows which landmasses were connected, not where they were. The red mark is the ocean floor, which is none of them.
Gondwana / Laurasia Breakup
The Central Atlantic opens, splitting Laurasia in the north from Gondwana in the south.
Time period
160 million years agoGlobal Events
Most recentToarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event ~183 Mya
A period of widespread oxygen depletion in the oceans, causing significant marine extinctions (especially among ammonites). Linked to eruptions of the Karoo-Ferrar large igneous province, centred on what's now southern Africa and Antarctica.
Centred on, or linked to, Africa.
A group through all of timeFormations of the Late JurassicThe world at 160 MyaHow much of it has been foundWhat this site infers