ELASMO.COM Fossil Paleo Maps

In an effort to put geological time into geographic perspective, paleomaps will be provided for those periods within the scope of this website. Additional large scale maps will be added when deemed applicable.

The accompanying images have been provided with the permission of the PALEOMAP Project.

	CRETACEOUS Pangea continues to break-up as the Atlantic widens and the sea level rises. Dinosaurs continue to dominate the continents and sharks will soon be preying on mosasaurs.
	MIDDLE EOCENE The modern continents now drift independently and a period of collisions begins. Sea levels are lower, the Tethys is disappearing.
	MIDDLE MIOCENE Mountain building continues as the modern map takes shape. Sea levels continue to be lower than today and a new predator appears in the worlds oceans - C. megalodon.

Other Internet References

Several Websites provide very useful information on Paelogeography and Continental Drift. Recommended at this time are:

Dr. Ron Blakey presents Global Earth History, see Paleogeographic Globes & Mollewide Projections, Sedimentation, Tectonics, & Paleogeography of the North Atlantic Region. and Paleogeography of the South West.
U.C. Berkeley -- Geology : Plate Tectonics animations. I particularly like Continental Drift.
University of Chicago's Paleogeographic Atlas Project North American Paleogeography (244 mya - Present) animation.
Scotese's Paleomap Project.