#The Paleozoic Era Among the several tectonic plates forming Earth's surface, the eastward moving Pacific and westward moving Continental plates collided in such a manner that the smaller Caribbean and Cocos plates were sandwiched between them causing the formation of southern Mexico and Central America and, ultimately, causing a change in the direction the Pacific plate was moving.
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Earth's surface
Continental plates T:#The Paleozoic Era Among the several tectonic plates
between them