Revisiting the Neoproterozoic Cango Caves Group, South Africa

My PhD not only explores the oldest microfossils in the Paleoproterozoic, but also the diversity at much younger end-members of eukaryotic evolution, right on the precipice of the metazoan ignition. I am re-exploring fossils from the Neoproterozoic Cango Caves and Gamtoos Groups, 20 years on from Gaucher and Germs work, with the aim of characterising the microfossil and microfossil diversity at high resolution, and ultimately resolving their age…