This is a good point, and I think we'd have to take it up with Chris Scotese, the geologist who produced the rasters I wrap around the globe[1]. There are some

This is a good point, and I think we'd have to take it up with Chris Scotese, the geologist who produced the rasters I wrap around the globe[1]. There are some details in the PDF included in the download, which explains some coloration choices based on elevation (search for "paleocoastline")[2]. That said, I think there is artistic license taken, and the wet Mediterranean might be an oversight or even a statement by the artist (I've gotten emails from angry geologists because the globe does not advance one theory or another). Part of Scotese's work also predates some of the research on this topic. It would certainly be more accurate to show a simple plate diagram rather than an artistic version of the Earth, and it would make my life easier too because then I could show continuous plate movement for each year. But there is a certain thrill in seeing ancient earth all globe-like, so I stand by my choice to use these rasters :) [1] https://www.earthbyte.org/paleomap-paleoatlas-for-gplates/ https://www.earthbyte.org/paleomap-paleoatlas-for-gplates/ [2] https://drive.google.com/open?id=1-q0WIa7ofISFHyBe4UxvN8DIPs82SPmS https://drive.google.com/open?id=1-q0WIa7ofISFHyBe4UxvN8DIPs...