Confidence of reconstruction
Well constrained — seafloor magnetic stripes give direct, well-dated motions (younger than ~180 Ma)
Approximate — latitudes from paleomagnetism are good; longitude is weakly constrained
Speculative — deep-time configurations actively debated between competing models
No reconstruction available
Fossil sites
Forming — the deposit is being laid down at this age
Preserved — already deposited; the rock now rides its plate toward today
Positions are reconstructed through the plate model, so each site rides its true plate. Click a coloured dot (not its name) for details and references.
Labels (click the name for info)
AaAncient landmass / assemblage
AaModern continent (appears in the Cenozoic)
AaAncient ocean
Label positions are hand-placed approximations — they sit in roughly the right region and drift, but are not derived from the plate model.
A note on India
The model carries "Greater India" — an extended, now-subducted continental margin — so India\u2019s leading edge reaches Asia earlier than its modern coastline would suggest.