This animation is an excerpt from Scotese and Elling (2017). The full-length version of this animation can be found at This animation focuses of the plate tectonic development of our planet during the last 200 million years.
Some highlights:
200 Ma - eruption of Central Atlantic Magmatic Province (CAMP); PaleoTethyan MOR is subducted beneath Cimmeria; unknown sliver continent rifts away from northern margin of Gondwana; Mongol-Okhotsk seaway narrows; Eas