Tethys the sea goddess

Pangaea the supercontinent and the birth of Tethys

Extinction, evolution and the great cycles of life

Tethyan fecundity in the Jurassic seas

Black death to black gold

The greatest flood of all time : rise and fall of the seas

End of an era : the debate continues

Portrait of the Tethys seaway

Closing ocean, rising mountain

Death throes of an ocean

Epilogue : perspective on the future.