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

Patterns of brachiopod paleobiogeographic regionalization in Central Asia reveal a coevolution between brachiopod paleobio- geography 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 paleo- biogeography 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.