- For the main continents (Africa, North America, South America, Eurasia, India, East Antarctica, Australia) we used the same rotation parameters as were used to calculate the apparent polar wander paths of Torsvik et al. (2012), Besse and Courtillot (2002), Kent and Irving (2010), and van der Voo et al. (2015) as specified in those papers.
- The remaining plates were added to that plate circuit as shown in Figure B using rotation parameters of Seton et al. (2012), except for the Caribbean (based on Boschman et al., 2014), NW Africa (based on van Hinsbergen et al., 2014a), Adria (based on van Hinsbergen et al., 2014b), Tarim (based on van Hinsbergen et al., 2011), and Iberia and Porcupine (based on Vissers and Meijer, 2012a, b; Vissers et al., 2013).
Full table of plates and plate fragments
| Plate ID | Plate name | Plate name | Plate ID | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | North America | Adria | 3089 | |
| 102 | Greenland | Africa | 715 | |
| 103 | North Alaska | Alleghanian North America | 199 | |
| 104 | Mexican blocks (north Mexico) | Amerasia Basin | 119 | |
| 105 | Baja California | Arabia | 503 | |
| 113 | Northwind Ridge | Australia | 801 | |
| 119 | Amerasia Basin | Baja California | 105 | |
| 199 | Alleghanian North America | Baltica | 301 | |
| 201 | South America | Capricorn Plate | 511 | |
| 202 | Parana Basin | Caribbean plate | 2007 | |
| 205 | Yucatan | Chortis Block | 2035 | |
| 276 | Sandwich Plate | Cocos Plate | 909 | |
| 277 | North Scotia Plate | Colorado-San Jorge subplate | 291 | |
| 291 | Colorado-San Jorge subplate | Cuba segment | 2022 | |
| 301 | Baltica | Danakil plate | 710 | |
| 304 | Iberia | East Antarctica | 802 | |
| 315 | Eurasia | East Parece Vela Plate | 610 | |
| 317 | Porcupine Plate | Eastern Meseta south of Tell Belt | 3546 | |
| 387 | Riveria Plate | Elan Bank Plate | 514 | |
| 401 | Siberia | Eurasia | 315 | |
| 409 | Northeast Siberia | Greater Amuria | 453 | |
| 430 | Tarim | Greater Panama | 2031 | |
| 453 | Greater Amuria | Greenland | 102 | |
| 501 | India | Iberia | 304 | |
| 503 | Arabia | India | 501 | |
| 508 | Sinai, Africa | Jan Mayen | 907 | |
| 511 | Capricorn Plate | Juan de Fuca Plate | 903 | |
| 514 | Elan Bank Plate | Lord Howe Rise | 833 | |
| 601 | North China | Madagascar | 702 | |
| 602 | South China | Maracaibo Block | 2030 | |
| 608 | South Philippine Sea Plate | Marianas forearc | 699 | |
| 610 | East Parece Vela Plate | Mexican blocks (north Mexico) | 104 | |
| 611 | West Parece Vela Plate | mobile belt (unconstrained) | 1001 | |
| 653 | North Caroline Sea Plate | Nazca Plate | 911 | |
| 688 | South Caroline Plate | North Alaska | 103 | |
| 699 | Marianas forearc | North America | 101 | |
| 701 | South Africa | North Caroline Sea Plate | 653 | |
| 702 | Madagascar | North China | 601 | |
| 704 | Seychelles | North Mozambique, Africa | 712 | |
| 709 | Somalia plate | North Nicaraguan rise | 2047 | |
| 709 | Somalia plate | North Philippine Sea Plate | 927 | |
| 710 | Danakil plate | North Scotia Plate | 277 | |
| 712 | North Mozambique, Africa | Northeast Siberia | 409 | |
| 714 | NW Africa | Northwind Ridge | 113 | |
| 715 | Africa | NW Africa | 714 | |
| 801 | Australia | Pacific Plate | 901 | |
| 802 | East Antarctica | Parana Basin | 202 | |
| 804 | West Antarctica | Phoenix Plate | 904 | |
| 820 | South Scotia Plate | Porcupine Plate | 317 | |
| 833 | Lord Howe Rise | Riveria Plate | 387 | |
| 901 | Pacific Plate | Sandwich Plate | 276 | |
| 903 | Juan de Fuca Plate | Seychelles | 704 | |
| 904 | Phoenix Plate | Siberia | 401 | |
| 907 | Jan Mayen | Sinai, Africa | 508 | |
| 909 | Cocos Plate | Siuna terrane | 2039 | |
| 911 | Nazca Plate | Somalia plate | 709 | |
| 927 | North Philippine Sea Plate | Somalia plate | 709 | |
| 1001 | mobile belt (unconstrained) | South Africa | 701 | |
| 2007 | Caribbean plate | South America | 201 | |
| 2022 | Cuba segment | South Caroline Plate | 688 | |
| 2030 | Maracaibo Block | South China | 602 | |
| 2031 | Greater Panama | South Philippine Sea Plate | 608 | |
| 2035 | Chortis Block | South Scotia Plate | 820 | |
| 2039 | Siuna terrane | Tarim | 430 | |
| 2047 | North Nicaraguan rise | West Antarctica | 804 | |
| 3089 | Adria | West Parece Vela Plate | 611 | |
| 3546 | Eastern Meseta south of Tell Belt | Western Meseta | 3547 | |
| 3547 | Western Meseta | Yucatan | 205 |
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