South African Journal of Science

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1. Anatomical and landmark morphometric analysis of fossil phocid seal remains from Langebaanweg, West Coast of South Africa
Romala Govender, Anusuya Chinsamy, Rebecca Rogers Ackermann
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa  vol: 67  issue: 3  first page: 135  year: 2012  
doi: 10.1080/0035919X.2012.724471

2. New Fossils ofMellivora Benfieldi(Mammalia, Carnivora, Mustelidae) from Langebaanweg, ‘E’ Quarry (South Africa, Early Pliocene): Re-Evaluation of the African Neogene Mellivorines
Alberto Valenciano, Romala Govender
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology  vol: 40  issue: 4  first page: e1817754  year: 2020  
doi: 10.1080/02724634.2020.1817754

3. New cetacean fossils from the late Cenozoic of South Africa
Romala Govender, Felix G. Marx
Frontiers in Earth Science  vol: 10  year: 2023  
doi: 10.3389/feart.2022.1058104

4. Craniodental pathologies and irregularities in the giraffe (Giraffa spp.)
Nikolaos Kargopoulos, Julian Fennessy, Jesús Marugán-Lobón, Anusuya Chinsamy, Michael Brown, Stephanie Fennessy, Arthur Muneza, Bernard R. Agwanda, Ogeto Mwebi, Moses Otiende, Frederick Lala, Alice Petzold, Sven Winter, Abdoul Razack Moussa Zabeirou, Sara Ferguson
Zoosystema  vol: 48  issue: 19  first page: 589  year: 2026  
doi: 10.5252/zoosystema2026v48a19

5. Multiple occurrences of pathologies suggesting a common and severe bone infection in a population of the Australian Pleistocene giant, Genyornis newtoni (Aves, Dromornithidae)
Phoebe L. McInerney, Lee J. Arnold, Carey Burke, Aaron B. Camens, Trevor H. Worthy, David Button
Papers in Palaeontology  vol: 8  issue: 1  year: 2022  
doi: 10.1002/spp2.1415

6. Palaeoecological deductions from osteohistology
Anusuya Chinsamy
Biology Letters  vol: 19  issue: 8  year: 2023  
doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2023.0245

7. Multiple exostoses and an osteochondroma in a Pliocene canid from Langebaanweg ‘E’ Quarry (South Africa)
Anusuya Chinsamy, Alberto Valenciano
Journal of Anatomy  vol: 247  issue: 3-4  first page: 856  year: 2025  
doi: 10.1111/joa.14133

8. Shark–seal interaction off South Africa’s west coast during the early Pliocene (5 Ma) (with corrigendum)
Romala Govender
South African Journal of Science  vol: 117  issue: 3/4  year: 2021  
doi: 10.17159/sajs.2021/8837

9. Preliminary phylogenetics and biogeographic history of the Pliocene seal,Homiphoca capensisfrom Langebaanweg, South Africa
Romala Govender
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa  vol: 70  issue: 1  first page: 25  year: 2015  
doi: 10.1080/0035919X.2014.984258

10. A late Miocene–early Pliocene baleen whale assemblage from Langebaanweg, west coast of South Africa (Mammalia, Cetacea, Mysticeti)
Romala Govender, Michelangelo Bisconti, Anusuya Chinsamy
Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology  vol: 40  issue: 4  first page: 542  year: 2016  
doi: 10.1080/03115518.2016.1159413

11. Exceptional morphological and taxonomic diversity of early seals (Phocidae) from the Atacama Region, Chile
Ana M. Valenzuela-Toro, Carolina S. Gutstein, Mario E. Suárez
Historical Biology  vol: 37  issue: 2  first page: 328  year: 2025  
doi: 10.1080/08912963.2023.2301671

12. Extension of the geographic range of Homiphoca into Northern Cape Province, South Africa, with comments on the possible feeding strategies used by Homiphoca
Romala Govender
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology  vol: 38  issue: 3  first page: e1463536  year: 2018  
doi: 10.1080/02724634.2018.1463536

13. Microanatomy and histology of bone pathologies of extant and extinct phocid seals
Megan R. Woolley, Anusuya Chinsamy, Romala Govender, Marthán N. Bester
Historical Biology  vol: 33  issue: 8  first page: 1231  year: 2021  
doi: 10.1080/08912963.2019.1689238

14. Taxonomic and palaeobiological implications of a large, pathological sabretooth (Carnivora, Felidae, Machairodontinae) from the Lower Pliocene of South Africa
Caitlin Rabe, Anusuya Chinsamy, Alberto Valenciano, Mary Silcox
Papers in Palaeontology  vol: 8  issue: 5  year: 2022  
doi: 10.1002/spp2.1463