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| This map shows the layout of the continental masses in the Early Cretaceous (about 130 million years ago). The palaeocontinents of Gondwana and Laurasia are separated by the Tethys Sea, and Gondwana has begun to break up, with South America and Africa moving away from the rest and beginning to separate. By the end of the Cretaceous, India had separated off, moving towards the Eurasian landmass, and Australia and New Zealand had begun to split off from Antarctica. Tethys, at this stage, formed an unbroken East-West, enabling wide dispersal of the flora and fauna. | ||||||
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