Name
The ocean between Baltica and Laurentia was named for Iapetus, in Greek mythology the father of Atlas, just as the Iapetus Ocean was the predecessor of the Atlantic Ocean. The ocean between Gondwana and Baltica was then named Rheic Ocean for Rhea, sister of Iapetus.
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