Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan
Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan | |
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West Coast Fossil Park Tour, 2009 | |
| Born | Anusuya Chinsamy 27 August 1962 |
| Nationality | South African |
| Education | PhD. (1991), UHED (1985) BSc.Hons (1984), BSc. (1983), |
| Alma mater | University of Witwatersrand University of Durban-Westville |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | paleontology |
| Institutions | University of Cape Town |
| Thesis | The osteohistology of femoral growth within a clade: a comparison of the Crocodile Crocodylus, the dinosaurs Massospondylus and Syntarsus, and the birds Struthio and Sagittarius (1991) |
Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan is a South African vertebrate paleontologist known for her expertise and developments in the study of the microstructure of fossil teeth and bones of extinct and extant vertebrates. She was the head of the Department of Biological Sciences (originally the Department of Zoology), at the University of Cape Town from 2012 to 2015 .