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English: Approximate positions of Gondwana, Laurentia and Baltica in the middle Cambrian (c. 500 Ma). AT: Armorican terrane, CA: Carolinia, CU: Cuyania, EA: East Avalonia, FA: Famatina arc, GA: Ganderia, IB: Iberia, MX: Mixteca–Oaxaca block, WA: West Avalonia. Plate boundaries: red - subduction; white - ridges; yellow - transform.

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Torsvik, Trond H.; Cocks, L. R. M. (2017). Earth history and palaeogeography. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-10532-4. OCLC 968155663.

Domeier, Mathew (2016-08-01). "A plate tectonic scenario for the Iapetus and Rheic oceans". Gondwana Research. 36: 275–295. doi:10.1016/j.gr.2015.08.003. ISSN 1342-937X
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Approximate positions of the continents in the middle Cambrian (c. 500 Ma).

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