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Coevolution of brachiopod paleobiogeography and tectonopaleogeography during the late Paleozoic in Central Asia

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Patterns of brachiopod paleobiogeographic regionalization in Central Asia reveal a coevolution between brachiopod paleobiogeography and tectonopaleogeography during the Early Devonian, Early Carboniferous, Late Carboniferous, Early Permian, and Middle Permian. The coevolutionary relationship reasonably accounts for the formation mechanisms of brachiopod paleobiogeography in this region, and also provides a basis for studies on the location and configuration of oceans and plates (blocks) during the late Paleozoic in Central Asia.

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Wang, C., Zhao, G., Li, N. et al. Coevolution of brachiopod paleobiogeography and tectonopaleogeography during the late Paleozoic in Central Asia. Sci. China Earth Sci. 56, 2094–2106 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11430-013-4670-x

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