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What Mozambique’s ancient organic-walled microfossils reveal about the Permo-Triassic extinction

A New Fossil Tortoise from Langebaanweg, South Africa

What Do Bone Scans Reveal About a Tiny Jurassic Crocodile from South Africa?

Continuing a Legacy: GENUS Director Professor Jennifer Botha Inducted as RSSAf Fellow

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Meet Musankwa sanyatiensis, a new dinosaur from Zimbabwe

Mariëtte Van der Walt • 30 May 2024

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New Fossil Bovids from Kromdraai shed light on South Africa’s ancient ecosystems.

Mariëtte Van der Walt • 6 May 2024

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From Fossils to Fuel: Mozambique’s Maniamba Basin’s Energy Potential

Mariëtte Van der Walt • 26 Apr 2024

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Tiny Titans of the Permian: New anatomical description of the ‘dwarf’ pareiasaur Nanoparia luckhoffi from the Karoo Basin

Mariëtte Van der Walt • 5 Apr 2024

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Beetles Breaking Ground: A New Fossil Rove Beetle from Botswana a First in Africa

GENUS • 26 Mar 2024

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Fostering Future Scientists: SAASC’s Student Development Workshop 2023

GENUS • 17 Jan 2024

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