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Dr Michael Day is an Associate Researcher at the Evolutionary Studies Institute of the University of the Witwatersrand. He holds a PhD in Palaeontology from the University of the Witwatersrand (2013), an MSc in Palaeoanthropology from the University of Sheffield (2008), and a BSc in Geology and Biology from the University of Bristol (2006). His research focuses on the evolution of vertebrate ecosystems during the Middle Permian in the South African Karoo Basin, with particular emphasis on the late Capitanian mass extinction event and its effects on terrestrial vertebrates.
Dr Day previously served as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Evolutionary Studies Institute from 2013 to 2018. He is currently Curator of Non-Mammalian Tetrapods in the Earth Sciences Department at the Natural History Museum in London, where he maintains collections of fossil reptiles, amphibians, and related groups while advancing research on Permian palaeontology through fieldwork, publications, and collaborations on sedimentology, footprints, and floras.
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Discover Jirahgorgon ceto, a large-bodied gorgonopsian from the Karoo Basin, described by Wits researchers. This Permian predator pushes back evolutionary timelines for mammal precursors.
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