DEVONIAN SOUTH
*PLEASE NOTE: WEBSITE UNDER REVISION*

"WHERE FISH GREW FEET"


Inspiring, educating and expanding the South African Palaeoheritage community.

Website of
the Devonian Ecosystems Project at
the Albany Museum.

 Home of the Waterloo Farm Lagerst
ätte collection, and much more.

Explore our South African palaeontological treasures, including those from Waterloo Farm, the world's only known Late Devonian high
palaeo-latitude vertebrate fossil deposit, which gives insight into the polar regions of the Late Devonian period.

With more than 60 previously unknown species of plants, vertebrates and invertebrates housed in the collection, the Devonian Ecosystems project is a world-renowned site for Devonian ecology.

Come explore.


"We are fossils in the making"- Wallace Stegner

supported by the Millennium Trust and Genus 


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Latest News

Goodbye Diplacanthus,

​
        Hello  Angelacanthus


A new revision of "Diplacanthus acus" re-defining the specimen in a unique genus, Angelacanthus acus.
MORE HERE
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A plate showing Angelacanthus acus

Home of the DEVONIAN ECOSYSTEMS PROJECT, based at the ALBANY MUSEUM, Makhanda, South Africa, located up south in the CAPE FOLD BELT.
Dedicated to studies of ecology and evolution in SOUTHWEST GONDWANA during the Devonian Period (420-360 million years ago)
Meet our TEAM and get the latest updates on our activities on our BLOG

Visit us at 87 Beaufort Street, Makhanda, Eastern Cape, South Africa
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        • Molluscs
        • Arthropods
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        • Cladoxyls
        • Sphenophytes
        • Zosterophylls
        • Lycopods
        • Progymnosperms
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      • Invertebrates
      • Flora
    • Rabbit Ridge >
      • Vertebrates
      • Invertebrates
      • Flora
    • Krom River Valley >
      • Invertebrates
      • Flora
    • Howison's Poort
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  • Home
  • Geology
    • Witpoort Fm
    • Baviaanskloof Fm
  • Localities
    • Waterloo Farm
    • Coombs Hill
    • Rabbit Ridge
    • Krom River Valley >
      • Impofu Dam
      • Lag Lens Deposit
    • Howison's Poort
  • Fossils
    • Waterloo Farm >
      • Vertebrates >
        • Jawless Fish
        • Placoderms
        • Acanthodians
        • Sharks
        • Ray-Fin Fish
        • Lobe-Fin Fishes >
          • Lungfish
          • Coelacanths
          • Tristichopterids
          • Tetrapods
      • Invertebrates >
        • Molluscs
        • Arthropods
      • Flora >
        • Algae
        • Cladoxyls
        • Sphenophytes
        • Zosterophylls
        • Lycopods
        • Progymnosperms
    • Coombs Hill >
      • Invertebrates
      • Flora
    • Rabbit Ridge >
      • Vertebrates
      • Invertebrates
      • Flora
    • Krom River Valley >
      • Invertebrates
      • Flora
    • Howison's Poort
  • BLOG
  • About
    • The Team
    • Media
    • Partners
  • Research
    • Papers published
    • Resources
    • Affiliates
  • more...