A brief review of studies on palaeogeography of Middle Paleozoic vertebrates in China

Abstract

New discoveries of Silurian and Devonian vertebrates in China and their palaeogeographical significance are reviewed. The Middle Paleozoic fish assemblages of the Tarim basin are similar to those of South China. Fossil vertebrate evidence shows the appearance of the Chinese platform in Middle Paleozoic and its close relation with East Gondwana at least in Early Devonian.