Determining fossilisation processes of a rare iron-rich Lagerstätte

大多数化石遗址只保存了骨骼和牙齿等抵抗元素，这引发了人们对软体动物和结构是如何随着时间的推移而进化的问题。最近在新南威尔士州发现的一个化石矿床似乎展示了一套保存软组织的新条件。该项目旨在限制和评估产生这一独特化石遗址的化石过程的年龄。我们将使用一种综合的方法来重建这个拉格斯塔特的形成。这项工作将在我们对化石形成过程的理解方面取得重大进展，并指导其他保存异常完好的化石沉积物的发现，这对重建澳大利亚的生物史至关重要。

Most fossil sites only preserve resistant elements such as bones and teeth, leading to questions about how soft animals and structures have evolved over time. The recent discovery of a fossil deposit in New South Wales appears to demonstrate a new set of conditions for the preservation of soft tissues. This project aims to constrain the age of and assess the fossilisation processes that produced this unique fossil site. We will use an integrative approach to reconstruct the formation of this Lagerstätte. The work will provide significant advances in our understanding of the process of fossilisation and guide the discovery of other exceptionally-well preserved fossil deposits, critical in reconstructing the biological history of Australia.