List of ancient oceans
This is a list of former oceans that disappeared due to tectonic movements and other geographical and climatic changes. In alphabetic order: == List == Bridge River Ocean, the ocean between the ancient Insular Islands (that is, Stikinia) and North America Cache Creek Ocean, a Paleozoic ocean between the Wrangellia Superterrane and Yukon-Tanana Terrane Iapetus Ocean, the Southern Hemisphere ocean between Baltica and Avalonia Kahiltna-Nutotzin Ocean, Mesozoic Khanty Ocean, the Precambrian to Silurian ocean between Baltica and the Siberian continent Medicine Hat Ocean, a small Proterozoic ocean basin Meliata Ocean, a small back-arc basin in the Mesozoic to the east of Adria Mezcalera Ocean, the ocean between the Guerrero Terrane and Laurentia Mirovia, the ocean that surrounded the Rodinia supercontinent Mongol-Okhotsk Ocean, the early Mesozoic ocean between the North China and Siberia cratons Oimyakon Ocean, the northernmost part of the Mesozoic Panthalassa Ocean Paleo-Tethys Ocean, the ocean between Gondwana and the Hunic terranes Pan-African Ocean, the ocean that surrounded the Pannotia supercontinent Panthalassa, the vast world ocean that surrounded the Pangaea supercontinent, also referred to as the Paleo-Pacific Ocean Pharusian Ocean, Neoproterozoic Poseidon Ocean, Mesoproterozoic Pontus Ocean, the western part of the early Mesozoic Panthalassa Ocean Proto-Tethys Ocean, Neoproterozoic Rheic Ocean, the Paleozoic ocean between Gondwana and Laurussia Slide Mountain Ocean, the Mesozoic ocean between the ancient Intermontane Islands (that is, Wrangellia) and North America South Anuyi Ocean, Mesozoic ocean related to the formation of the Arctic Ocean Tethys Ocean, the ocean between the ancient continents of Gondwana and Laurasia Thalassa Ocean, the eastern part of the early Mesozoic Panthalassa Ocean Ural Ocean, the Paleozoic ocean between Siberia and Baltica == See also == Category:Historical oceans List of oceans – Limits of Earth's oceanic watersPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets Paleocontinent – Major landmass in the geological past Paratethys – Prehistoric shallow inland sea in Eurasia Piemont-Liguria Ocean – Former piece of oceanic crust that is seen as part of the Tethys Ocean Superocean – Ocean that surrounds a supercontinent, an ocean that surrounds a global supercontinent Valais Ocean – Subducted ocean basin.