Communications Biology (Oct 2022)
South African Lagerstätte reveals middle Permian Gondwanan lakeshore ecosystem in exquisite detail
- Rosemary Prevec,
- André Nel,
- Michael O. Day,
- Robert A. Muir,
- Aviwe Matiwane,
- Abigail P. Kirkaldy,
- Sydney Moyo,
- Arnold Staniczek,
- Bárbara Cariglino,
- Zolile Maseko,
- Nokuthula Kom,
- Bruce S. Rubidge,
- Romain Garrouste,
- Alexandra Holland,
- Helen M. Barber-James
Affiliations
- Rosemary Prevec
- Department of Earth Science, Albany Museum
- André Nel
- Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB) Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE, Université des Antilles, CP50, 57 rue Cuvier
- Michael O. Day
- Evolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand
- Robert A. Muir
- Department of Geology, University of Cape Town
- Aviwe Matiwane
- Department of Earth Science, Albany Museum
- Abigail P. Kirkaldy
- Department of Earth Science, Albany Museum
- Sydney Moyo
- Department of Earth Science, Albany Museum
- Arnold Staniczek
- Department of Entomology, Stuttgart State Museum of Natural History, Rosenstein 1
- Bárbara Cariglino
- División Paleobotánica, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia”, Av. Angel Gallardo 470
- Zolile Maseko
- Department of Earth Science, Albany Museum
- Nokuthula Kom
- Department of Earth Science, Albany Museum
- Bruce S. Rubidge
- Evolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand
- Romain Garrouste
- Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB) Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE, Université des Antilles, CP50, 57 rue Cuvier
- Alexandra Holland
- Department of Zoology and Entomology, Rhodes University
- Helen M. Barber-James
- Department of Zoology and Entomology, Rhodes University
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-04132-y
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 5,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 14
Abstract
A new middle Permian fossil locality featuring a large abundance of exceptionally preserved plants and insects is identified in the Karoo Basin of South Africa.