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27th Du Toit Memorial Lecture: Re-uniting lost continents - Fossil reptiles from the ancient Karoo and their wanderlust

2005; Geological Society of South Africa; Volume: 108; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.2113/108.1.135

1996-8590

Bruce S. Rubidge,

Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils

Research Article| March 01, 2005 27th Du Toit Memorial Lecture: Re-uniting lost continents – Fossil reptiles from the ancient Karoo and their wanderlust Bruce S. Rubidge Bruce S. Rubidge Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Research, School of Geosciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, PO Wits, 2050, South Africa., email: Rubidgeb@geosciences.wits.ac.za Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information Bruce S. Rubidge Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Research, School of Geosciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, PO Wits, 2050, South Africa., email: Rubidgeb@geosciences.wits.ac.za Publisher: Geological Society of South Africa First Online: 07 Mar 2017 Online ISSN: 1996-8590 Print ISSN: 1012-0750 © 2005 Geological Society of South Africa South African Journal of Geology (2005) 108 (1): 135–172. https://doi.org/10.2113/108.1.135 Article history First Online: 07 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation Bruce S. Rubidge; 27th Du Toit Memorial Lecture: Re-uniting lost continents – Fossil reptiles from the ancient Karoo and their wanderlust. South African Journal of Geology 2005;; 108 (1): 135–172. doi: https://doi.org/10.2113/108.1.135 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietySouth African Journal of Geology Search Advanced Search Abstract Fossil discoveries from South Africa have greatly expanded knowledge of the development of life on Earth. In particular, the enormous palaeontological wealth of the Karoo, covering a period of almost 100 million years from the Permian to the Jurassic, has enhanced understanding of the evolution of important tetrapod lineages, including mammals and dinosaurs. These fossils provide the best record of continental Permian to Jurassic faunal biodiversity, and have been crucial to studies of the global Permo-Triassic mass extinction in the continental realm, as well as giving insight into other extinction events. Recent collaborative interdisciplinary studies of stratigraphic and geographic distribution patterns of Karoo fossils have enhanced biostratigraphic resolution and global correlation of vertebrate faunas from the Permian to the Jurassic. This in turn has led to a better understanding of the biodiversity across Pangaea, and the places of origin and initial diversity of early tetrapod evolutionary lineages. Many of these originated in the southern African portion of the Gondwanan super-continent. The combination of palaeontological and sedimentological studies has led to new basin development models and solved problems which each discipline in isolation could not have achieved. You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.