Early Triassic Karoo ecosystems

This is a 3 year NRF-funded research project into the structure and functioning of a unique terrestrial ecosystem that developed in the main Karoo during the first 1 My of the Early Triassic (Induan) in the aftermath of the catastrophic end-Permian mass extinction. Fieldwork will initially focus on rocks and tetrapod fossils on the farm Donald 207 in Bethulie district Frees State of South Africa.