A Tribute to Professor Bruce Sidney Rubidge
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2023-07
Authors
Hancox, P. John
Day, Michael O.
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Professor Bruce Sidney Rubidge has published hundreds of articles and papers covering various aspects of the geology of the Cape and
Karoo supergroups and their palaeontological signatures. His work has significantly advanced our understanding of numerous
taxonomic groups, as well as the litho- and biostratigraphy of the Karoo Supergroup. He has also driven the robust radiometric dating of
the lower half of the Karoo Supergroup, and via supervision and collaboration with postgraduate students, our understanding of the
basin fill and the end-Guadalupian extinction in South Africa. Bruce has also supervised numerous honours, masters and doctoral
students (Fig. 1) and provided strong research leadership to many South African and international collaborators. Bruce’s vision and
dedication to first the Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Research (BPI) and now the Evolutionary Studies Institute (ESI) have
guided it to become the connected 21st century establishment that it is today.