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Exquisite new fossils from South Africa offer a glimpse into a thriving ecosystem 266 million years ago Original
South Africa is famous for its amazingly rich and diverse fossil record. The country's rocks document more than 3.5 billion years of life on Earth: ancient forms of bacterial life, the emergence of life onto land, the evolution of seed-producing plants, reptiles, dinosaurs and mammals—and humanity. Many will be familiar with hominid fossils such as the Australopithecus africanus skull Mrs (or is it Mr?) Ples and the paradigm-shifting Taung child.
Exquisite new fossils from South Africa offer a glimpse into a thriving ecosystem 266 million years ago
South Africa is famous for its amazingly rich and diverse fossil record. The country’s rocks document more than 3.5 billion years of life on Earth: ancient forms of bacterial life, the emergence of life onto land, the evolution of seed-producing plants, reptiles, dinosaurs and mammals – and humanity. Many will be familiar with hominid fossils such as the Australopithecus africanus skull Mrs (or is it Mr?) Ples and the paradigm-shifting Taung child.
South African Lagerstätte reveals middle Permian Gondwanan lakeshore ecosystem in exquisite detail - Communications Biology
Abstract Continental ecosystems of the middle Permian Period (273–259 million years ago) are poorly understood. In South Africa, the vertebrate fossil record is well documented for this time interval, but the plants and insects are virtually unknown, and are rare globally. This scarcity of data has hampered studies of the evolution and diversification of life, and has precluded detailed reconstructions and analyses of ecosystems of this critical period in Earth’s history.
South Africa: Plant Fossils Have a Lot to Teach Us About Earth's History
analysis By Aviwe Matiwane, Rhodes University and Rosemary PrevecThere's a particular feeling of excitement that comes from receiving a gift. It's a feeling of the unknown, of anticipation - and then you unwrap the package and find something spectacular. As palaeontologists, rocks are our idea of a great gift. That's because when you crack them open, you might well find a fossil. And we aren't talking about dinosaurs: our area of specialisation is palaeobotany.
Plant fossils have a lot to teach us about Earth's history
As palaeontologists, rocks are our idea of a great gift. That's because when you crack them open, you might well find a fossil. And we aren't talking about dinosaurs: our area of specialisation is palaeobotany. This involves hunting for plant fossils which can tell us a great deal about the landscapes of past ages. South Africa is home to a range of lesser known and neglected plant fossils, called the glossopterids.
Plant fossils have a lot to teach us about Earth's history
There’s a particular feeling of excitement that comes from receiving a gift. It’s a feeling of the unknown, of anticipation – and then you unwrap the package and find something spectacular. As palaeontologists, rocks are our idea of a great gift. That’s because when you crack them open, you might well find a fossil. And we aren’t talking about dinosaurs: our area of specialisation is palaeobotany.
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