Ancient oceans and continental margins of the Alpine-Mediterranean Tethys: deciphering clues from Mesozoic pelagic sediments and ophiolites af Bernoulli, D, Jenkyns, H

“...Based on the composition of Jurassic-Cretaceous faunas, Melchior Neumayr postulated the existence of an equatorial ocean, the 'Central Mediterranean' which extended from Central America through the Alpine belt to the Himalaya and beyond, an ocean which Suess subsequently named 'Tethys'. ...”