FIVE MAXIMA OF BIODIVERSITY IN THE PALEOZOIC OF CENTRAL ASIA

Abstract

Five maxima of biodiversity are identified in the Paleozoic of Central Asia: Late Cambrian, Caradoc-Ashgill, Early Devonian, Early Carboniferous, and late Early Permian. These maxima regularly alternated with the minima of biodiversity in the Early Ordovician, Early Silurian, Late Devonian, Middle Carboniferous, and Early Triassic.