Murphy, J. BrendamGutiérrez Alonso, GabrielNance, R. DamianFernández Suárez, JavierKeppie, J. DuncanQuesada Ochoa, CecilioStrachan, Robin A.Dostal, Jaroslav2023-06-202023-06-2020080003-099610.1511/2008.70.3639https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/52745Around the time that the first birds evolved from their reptilian ancestors, between 100 million and 200 million years ago, the Atlantic Ocean was being born. Its creation marked the destruction of the supercontinent Pangea, in which all the land on Earth formed a gigantic, unbroken island surrounded by a worldwide sea.engTectonic Plates Come Apart at the Seamsjournal articlehttps://www.americanscientist.orgopen access551.2TectonicsGeodinamicsGeodinámica2507 Geofísica