RUI: Collaborative Research: Paleontology and DepositionalEnvironments of a Lower/Middle Triassic Continental Red Bed Sequence (Moenkopi Formation, Southern Colorado Plateau)

随着古生代的结束，大多数主要的航道 一个巨大的大陆“盘古大陆”已经形成。 小 这片土地的环境细节是众所周知的， 三叠纪（Triassic） 主要研究者 我在这里提出一个合作的方法， 和沉积学来研究 这片大陆，门科皮 该研究与以下方面分开进行： 其他人在这方面的合作努力。 研究 沉积物和脊椎动物化石是一个很好的方法 来理解古环境。 奇怪的是，虽然 在这个地层中发现了脊椎动物化石 在世纪后期，只有零星的关于动物群的工作 随之而来。 同样，在对地层学进行了初步研究之后， 从描述开始，只有有限的详细工作， 完成了

With the end of the Paleozoic most major seaways had closed and an enormous landmass "Pangea" had developed. Little detail of the environment of this land mass is known for the following period (the Triassic). The Principal Investigators propose here a collaborative approach using both paleontology and sedimentology to examine one of the classic formations of this land mass, the Moenkopi. The study is set apart from others in this area by the collaborative effort. Study of sediments as well as fossil vertebrates is an excellent approach to understanding paleoenvironments. Curiously, although the presence of vertebrate fossils in this formation was recorded late in the 19th century, only sporadic work on the faunas has ensued. Similarly, after initial work on the stratigraphy beginning with its description, only limited detailed work has been completed.