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I am a postgraduate student at the Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Research, University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), South Africa. I completed my undergraduate studies at the University of Cape Town in 2006, specialising in Biodiversity & Evolutionary Biology and Zoology, and made the move to Wits at the beginning of 2007. I am currently working with Prof. B.S. Rubidge on the description of a primitive therapsid skull. My interests lie in vertebrate palaeontology, especially the mammal-like reptiles and dinosaurs of southern Africa, as well as entomology and to a lesser extent animal behaviour. I have participated on various field excursions, including trips to the Eastern Cape, Free State, Western Cape and Limpopo Provinces of South Africa.
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| I am currently a postgraduate student at the Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Research, University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), South Africa. I completed my undergraduate studies at the University of Cape Town in 2006, specialising in Biodiversity & Evolutionary Biology and Zoology, before making the move to Wits at the beginning of 2007 to complete an Honours degree in Palaeontology (in South Africa Honours is a separate course). My main interest lies in the evolution of early synapsids, and  at the moment I am working on the skull morphology of a carnivorous group known as the Gorgonopsia, under the supervision of Prof. B.S. Rubidge and Dr N.F. Abdala. Prof. Rubidge and I are also involved in a project with Dr P. Tafforeau of the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), France.
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| my blog: http://dinogorgon.blogspot.com
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/lnorton
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Background
I am currently a postgraduate student at the Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Research, University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), South Africa. I completed my undergraduate studies at the University of Cape Town in 2006, specialising in Biodiversity & Evolutionary Biology and Zoology, before making the move to Wits at the beginning of 2007 to complete an Honours degree in Palaeontology (in South Africa Honours is a separate course). My main interest lies in the evolution of early synapsids, and at the moment I am working on the skull morphology of a carnivorous group known as the Gorgonopsia, under the supervision of Prof. B.S. Rubidge and Dr N.F. Abdala. Prof. Rubidge and I are also involved in a project with Dr P. Tafforeau of the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), France.
Articles I have started
Stub Dinocephalia, Developing Article Gorgonopsia, Developing Article Hyaenas as taphonomic agents
My Websites
my blog: http://dinogorgon.blogspot.com

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/lnorton