During the Late Triassic the Neo-Tethys began opening behind Cimmeria when the Eastern Mediterranean and its two eastern branches opened into the Bitlis-Zagros ocean (the southern branch of the Neo-Tethys).
Durante o Triásico tardío o Neo-Tetis empezou a abrirse detrás de Cimeria cando o Mediterráneo oriental e as súas dúas ramas orientais se abriron no océano de Bitlis-Zagros (a rama sur do Neo-Tetis).