Image: Iapetus fossil evidence EN

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Description: Map of the later North Atlantic region after the Caledonian/Acadian orogenies. Fossil species on both side of the red line differ for the Cambrian and Ordovician periods, this is evidence for the existence of a former ocean (Iapetus Ocean) before the time Pangaea was created. Reconstruction and location of fossils based on: Windley, B.F.; 1996: The Evolving Continents, John Wiley & Sons (3rd ed.), ISBN-10: 0471917397 Ziegler, P.A.; 1990: Geological Atlas of Western and Central Europe, Shell Internationale Petroleum Maatschappij BV (2nd ed.), ISBN 90-6644-125-9.
Title: Iapetus fossil evidence EN
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Author: Woudloper
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