South of the Cimmerian blocks there were now two branches of the Neo-Tethys, a northern, larger and more complex, and a southern, more reduced; the Anatolide-Tauride continent separated them, the small Sakarya continent was located within the northern branch.
Ao sur dos bloques ciméricos había agora dúas ramas do Neo-Tetis, a do norte, máis grande e complexa, e a do sur, máis reducida; separábaas o continente Anatólido-Táurido, e o pequeno continente de Sakarya estaba localizado na rama norte.