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Paratethys

The Paratethys Sea, Paratethys Ocean, Paratethys realm or just Paratethys (meaning "beside Tethys"), was a large shallow inland sea that covered much of mainland Europe and parts of western Asia during the middle to late Cenozoic, from the late Paleogene to the late Neogene, and is regarded as the largest inland sea in history. At its greatest extent, it…

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Paratethys

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Avg. degree1.98
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related to Salt Giants · 29
Paratethys → Badenian Salinity Crisis, Bochnia, Cacica, Carpathians, Central Paratethys, Eastern, European, Hungary, Maramureș, Miocene, Mya, Ocna Mures, Ocna Sibiului, Ocnele Mari, Outer Carpathians, Pannonian, Praid, Prešov, Salt, Slanic Prahova
related to Palaeogeographic evolution · 23
Paratethys → Alpide, Alps, Aral Sea, Asia, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, Central Atlantic Ocean, Central Europe, Cretaceous, During, Eurasia, In, Jurassic, Late Jurassic, Molasse, Outer Carpathian Basin, Oxfordian, Pannonian Basin, Peri-Tethys, Tethys Ocean
related to Anoxic Giant · 20
Paratethys → Alpine, Alps, At, Badenian Flooding, Carpathians, Dinarides, Due, East Carpathian, Elburz, Eocene, Eurasia, Local, Miocene, Mya, Oligocene, Taurus, Tethys, The, The Eastern Paratethys, The Paratethys
related to Name and research · 18
Paratethys → Cardiacae, Caspian Sea, ICS, In, Laskarev's, Laskerev's, Limnex, Mytili, Neogene, Neritinex, Oligocene, One, Sir Roderick Murchison, Stratigraphers, Tethys Ocean, The, This, Vladimir Laskarev
related to Marine mammals · 17
Paratethys → Austria, Badenian Salinity Crisis, Central Paratethys, Cetotheriidae, Cetotherium, Ciuciulea, It, Mediterranean, Miocene, Over, Paratethyan, Romaleodelphis, The, The Paratethys, These, This, Xiphiacetus
related to Fishes · 16
Paratethys → Benthophilinae, Connections, Cosmopolitodus, Early Miocene, For, However, Later, Many, Mediterranean Sea, Middle Miocene, Miocene-aged, Paratethys Sea, Ponto-Caspian, Slovakia, The, These
related to After Paratethys · 14
Paratethys → An, Aral Sea, At, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, During, Many, Mediterranean, Messinian, Pannonian Basin, Pannonian Sea, Pleistocene, Pliocene, When
related to Paleoecology · 12
Paratethys → An, Despite, During, Middle Miocene, Middle Miocene Climatic Optimum, Miocene, Oligocene-aged Menilite Formation, Paratethyan, Poland, Some, Surface-dwelling, This
related to External links · 9
Paratethys → Archived, Freshened, Gérard, Lausanne, Magyar, Reconstructions, Stampfli, University, Vakarcs
related to Short-lived open seas · 8
Paratethys → After, Badenian Flooding, Brackish, Mediterranean, Miocene, Rich, Slovenia, Trans-Tethyan Corridor

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sea miocene ocean tethys middle mediterranean alps million years marine oligocene basins central region ago fauna fish formed late epoch

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Limnexinstance ofThis distinctive fauna in which univalves of freshwater origin0.80text
Neritinex are associated with forms of Cardiacaeinstance ofThis distinctive fauna in which univalves of freshwater origin0.80text
Mytiliinstance ofThis distinctive fauna in which univalves of freshwater origin0.80text
common to partially saline or brackish watersinstance ofThis distinctive fauna in which univalves of freshwater origin0.80text
makes the geologic records from Paratethys particularly difficult to correlate with those from other oceans or seas because their faunas evolved separately at timesinstance ofThis distinctive fauna in which univalves of freshwater origin0.80text
Paratethysrelated to After ParatethysWhen0.60section
Paratethysrelated to After ParatethysMediterranean0.60section
Paratethysrelated to After ParatethysMessinian0.60section
Paratethysrelated to After ParatethysDuring0.60section
Paratethysrelated to After ParatethysPliocene0.60section
Paratethysrelated to After ParatethysAn0.60section
Paratethysrelated to After ParatethysPannonian Sea0.60section

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