Opening of a trans-Pangaean marine corridor during the Early Jurassic : insights from osmium isotopes across the Sinemurian–Pliensbachian GSSP, Robin Hood's Bay, UK.

The Hispanic Corridor represents a significant phase of continental reorganisation of the Early Jurassic that eventually provided connectivity between the western Tethyan and eastern Pacific oceans along the Central Atlantic rift zone. Although the initiation of this marine corridor profoundly impacted oceanic circulation and marine faunal exchange patterns, the timing of its formation hitherto remains poorly constrained with estimates spanning both the Hettangian and Sinemurian.