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Which continents made up Gondwana during the Devonian Period?
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Devonian Period
Distribution of landmasses, mountainous regions, shallow seas, and deep ocean basins during the early Devonian Period. Included in the paleogeographic reconstruction are the locations of the interval's subduction zones.
During the Devonian Period, the supercontinent of Gondwana comprised the landmasses that correspond to the present-day southern continents, specifically South America, Africa, Australia, Antarctica, and the Indian subcontinent.1
These landmasses were joined together approximately along the lines of their modern continental shelf boundaries. Additionally, various microcontinents that later formed parts of Asia were likely attached or adjacent to the northern margin of Gondwana during this time.21