Molluscan Transition Across the K/T Boundary and Early Paleocene Recovery, Seymour Island, Antarctica

该奖项支持继续研究古生物学， 西摩岛，南极洲 该奖项将允许数据 减少，以完成正在进行的分类研究， 晚白垩世早第三纪软体动物群 在之前美国赞助的探险中， 在一次阿根廷-美国联合军事演习中收集到的材料 探险 双壳类成分的系统评价 动物园已经完成。 预计各国 随着这项工作的完成， 南极洲白垩纪晚期/第三纪早期 不仅提供了对动物群性质的新见解， 在南半球高纬度地区的周转结束时， 白垩纪，也是海洋动物群的恢复期 在第三纪早期 这些数据将提供一个坚实的 正在进行的海洋地理研究综合基金 南美洲和澳大利亚。

This award supports continued study of the paleontology of Seymour Island, Antarctica. The award will allow data reduction to complete the ongoing taxonomic study of the Late Cretaceous early Tertiary molluscan fauna collected during previous U.S. sponsored expeditions and recently collected material during a joint Argentine-American expedition. The systematic review of the bivalves component of the fauna has been completed. It is anticipated that with the completion of this work, a detailed data base for the late Cretaceous/early Tertiary of Antarctica will provide new insight not only into the nature of the faunal turnover in the high southern latitudes at the end of the Cretaceous, but also in to the recovery of the marine faunas during the early Tertiary. These data will provide a solid foundation for integrating ongoing biogeographic studies in South America and Australia.