Vertebrate Paleontology and Sedimentology of the CynognathusZone (late Early Triassic), Beardmore Glacier Region, Antarctica

该奖项支持来自奥古斯塔纳学院和俄亥俄州的研究人员 州立大学联合脊椎动物古生物学- 比尔德摩尔一个新脊椎动物产地的沉积学研究 南极洲的冰川地区，早三叠世晚期的动物群， 包括犬牙龙带丰富的两栖爬行动物， 在1985-86赛季的最后几天被发现。 的 化石是沿着一条古老的河道表面发现的， 由于最近的侵蚀而被挖掘出来。 进一步收集将 大大增加了该动物群的类群数量。 丰度 化石和理想的暴露的沉积物中， 将允许该小组进行埋藏学研究， 重建古生态/环境条件 早三叠世晚期脊椎动物群落， 与其他冈瓦纳大陆的地层关系。

This award supports investigators from Augustana College and Ohio State University in a joint vertebrate paleontologic- sedimentologic study of a new vertebrate locality in the Beardmore Glacier region of Anarctica where a late Early Triassic fauna, including abundant amphibians and reptiles of he Cynognathus Zone, was found during the final days of the 1985-86 field season. The fossils are found along the surface of an ancient stream channel, which has been exhumed by recent erosion. Further collecting will greatly enlarge the numbers of taxa in this fauna. The abundance of fossils and the ideal exposure of the sediments in which they occur will permit the group to carry out taphonomic studies, reconstruct the paleoecologic/environmental conditions for the late Early Triassic vertebrate community, and work out stratigraphic relations with other Gondwana continents.