Palaeontological Society of Southern Africa

Official page for the Palaeontological Society of Southern Africa (PSSA) & the society’s biannual newsletter, PalNews 🌍🦕🌿🐊🐀🐒⛏🦴
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@Zubermohammed18 They did a great job of bringing the animals to life

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Towering onto the screen: Vulcanodon, among the earliest known sauropods to emerge in the wake of the Triassic–Jurassic transition 🌍🦴 Featured in The Dinosaurs. #Palaeontology #Sauropod #Jurassic #SouthernAfricanFossils #DinosaurPaleontology #FossilHeritage #TheDinosaurs

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Last in our speaker lineup: Fonda Mathlaga 🎤🦴
Join us on the 4th of June 2026 for an evening of palaeontological research, discussion, and community.
#PSSA #Palaeontology #SeminarEvening

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Talk Title: Anomodonts of the Abrahamskraal Formation, Beaufort Group, SA
📍 Cate Druce Lecture Room, Evolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
📅 RSVP by 25 May 2026 for catering purposes
💰 @GenusPalaeo
#SpeakerHighlight #SouthAfricanScience

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📍Cate Druce Lecture Room, Evolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
#EarlyCareerResearchers #ScienceEvents

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Today is the final day to submit your applications for our Mobility Grant. This grant supports a student member attending our upcoming Seminar Evening.
To apply, email a short motivation to the PSSA Executive at [email protected]
#PSSA #PalaeontologyStudents #MobilityGrant

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📍 Fossil localities are more than points on a map - they are records of ancient worlds, preserved in stone.

Happy #FossilFriday!

#OnderKaroo #KarooBasin #SouthAfricanFossils #AfricanPaleontology #DeepTime #Fossils #Paleoecology #EarthHistory #Gondwana #Fieldwork

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From the archives, our low budget version of Walking with Dinosaurs back in fieldwork near Clarens, South Africa nearly a decade ago. You might recognise some of the people watching in bemusement as I pace out these tracks (thanks to @Kimi_Chap for sharing) … #FossilFriday

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From living to fossil: ancestral state reconstruction of leaf architecture in extant Lauraceae & its relevance for the fossil record https://t.co/5ienB4XCVN

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Just spotted this on the post box opposite @NHM_London very wholesome content and possibly one of the most heartfelt tributes I’ve seen to the great man

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Talk Title: New Early Permian lacustrine faunas of Namibia and Brazil
📍 Cate Druce Lecture Room, Evolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 📅 RSVP by 25 May 2026 for catering purposes 💰 @genus.palaeo
#PSSA #Palaeontology #SeminarEvening

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Join us in welcoming Prof. Roger M.H. Smith as one of the speakers at this year’s PSSA Seminar Evening 🎤🦴
We look forward to hearing more about his work and engaging with the southern African palaeontological community on the 4th of June 2026.
#SpeakerHighlight

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Student members - this one’s for you 🎓🦴
The PSSA will be offering a Mobility Grant to support a student member attending our upcoming Seminar Evening. To apply, email a short motivation to the PSSA Executive at [email protected] by 20 May 2026 for consideration.

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This #FossilFriday, discover the latest research and palaeontological highlights from members of our society in the newest volume of #PalNew.
📖 The newsletter is available now via the link in our bio.
#Paleontology #AfricanPaleontology #SouthAfricanScience #PaleoCommunity

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Congratulations Sir David Attenborough on your 100th b’day 🎂 Life on Earth was a seminal moment for 8-year old me: captivating & a major reason I am where I am now. I can’t hear that theme tune without getting goosebumps. It’s been a joy & privilege to meet & work with you

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📚Paper: Chapelle et al 2022 – Interelemental osteohistological variation in Massospondylus carinatus and its implications for locomotion. (https://t.co/XGI9L8j3Ao)

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Another South African fossil featured in 🎥 The Dinosaurs. Massospondylus, a key taxon in our understanding of early sauropodomorph evolution 🇿🇦🦕.
#Palaeontology #SouthAfricanScience #KarooBasin #Massospondylus #Triassic #DeepTime #TheDinosaurs #FossilHeritage

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You’re invited! 📷
The PSSA Annual Seminar Evening is back - an opportunity to hear from researchers, share ideas, and connect with the palaeontology community.
Whether you’re a student, researcher, or enthusiast, we’d love to have you join us.
#PSSA #Palaeontology #SeminarSeries

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Fossils of rhynchosaurs are known from South Africa’s Karoo Basin 🇿🇦, where they were an important part of post-extinction ecosystems, helping to rebuild terrestrial food webs after the end-Permian crisis. #Triassic #DeepTime #FossilHeritage

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Spotted in The Dinosaurs? 👀
Meet Rhynchosaurus, a beaked herbivorous reptile that thrived during the Triassic.
#Palaeontology #SouthAfricanScience #KarooBasin #Rhynchosaurus #TheDinosaurs