The Late Triassic Tetrapod Fauna of the Fleming Fjord Formation, East Greenland

起源过程中的形态转变 哺乳动物，以及四足动物区系的组成变化 晚三叠世的古近系是本研究的重点。 该奖项支持检索材料的关键， 解决哺乳动物起源的问题 含盐的大陆沉积物;这样的 早在晚三叠世弗莱明 东格陵兰詹姆森地的峡湾形成， 提供了更大范围的地层和岩性 比晚三叠世哺乳动物的暴露量更大 以前被发现。几个地方与密集 保存完好的小型恐龙骨骼 脊椎动物已经被确认。 该奖项将支持 对微型动物区系的实地调查， 为理解哺乳动物的起源提供了关键证据 以及评估目前脊椎动物 晚三叠世动物群演化。

The morphological transitions involved in the origin of mammals, and the composition changes in tetrapod faunas during the Late Triassic, are the foci of this research. This award supports the retrieval of material critical to addressing the problem of mammalian origins in association with fossiliferous, continental sediments; such an association has been discovered in the Late Triassic Fleming Fjord Formation of Jameson Land in East Greenland, an area that offers a greater range of stratigraphic and lithologic exposures than those in which Late Triassic mammals have previously been found. Several localities with dense concentrations of well preserved bones of smaller vertebrates have been identified. This award will support field investigations of microfaunal localities which may provide evidence critical to understanding mammalian origins as well as evaluating current hypotheses of vertebrate faunal evolution during the Late Triassic.