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Where was the Tethys Sea located during the Permian Period?
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Permian Period
Distribution of landmasses, mountainous regions, shallow seas, and deep ocean basins near the end of the Permian Period. Included in the paleogeographic reconstruction are the locations of the interval's subduction zones.
During the Permian Period, the Tethys Sea was located as a large, eastward-opening oceanic embayment or indentation on the tropical eastern side of the supercontinent Pangea.12
Specifically, this body of water—often referred to as the Paleo-Tethys Sea—occupied the region that corresponds to the modern-day Mediterranean area. It existed as a branch of the massive global ocean known as Panthalassa.12