Vertebrate Paleontology of the Triassic to Jurassic Sedimentary Sequences in Southern Victoria Land and the Beardmore Glacier Area, Antarctica

南极洲维多利亚州南部和比尔德莫尔冰川地区三叠纪至侏罗纪沉积层序的脊椎动物古生物学

• 批准号: 9814385
• 负责人: William Hammer
• 金额: $ 15.19万
• 依托单位: Augustana College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1999
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1999-07-01 至 2002-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9814385&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Vertebrate; Paleontology; Triassic; Jurassic; Sedimentary

This award, provided by the Antarctic Geology and Geophysics Program of the Office of Polar Programs, supports vertebrate paleontological research in the Transantarctic Mountains. Antarctic field work, to search for and collect new terrestrial vertebrates of Triassic and Jurassic age, will be conducted in the austral summer of 1999-2000. During this season, exposures of the Feather and Lashly Formations in southern Victoria Land will be explored with the support of helicopters operating from McMurdo Station. Field efforts will concentrate on finding exposures equivalent to the Hanson Formation that has produced the only Jurassic dinosaur fauna from Antarctica and searching for new middle to upper Triassic fossil vertebrates. In addition to collecting new fossil specimens, an interpretation of the taphonomic/depositional settings for each of the localities will be made. The preparation and study of the vertebrates will occur during the second year of this project and will include investigation of the evolutionary significance of the member taxa of these high latitude Mesozoic faunas. Antarctic vertebrates of several different ages spanning the Triassic to Jurassic that have been discovered in recent years provide a unique opportunity to study the evolution of high latitude faunas. These faunas also contribute to our understanding of high latitude climates during the Mesozoic.

该奖项由极地项目办公室南极地质学和地球物理学项目提供，用于支持跨南极山脉的古脊椎动物研究。1999-2000年夏季将在南极进行实地考察，寻找和收集三叠纪和侏罗纪的新陆生脊椎动物。在这个季节，在麦默多站的直升机的支持下，将对维多利亚地南部的羽毛和拉什利地层进行勘探。野外工作将集中在寻找相当于汉森组的暴露，汉森组产生了南极洲唯一的侏罗纪恐龙动物群，并寻找新的中上三叠世脊椎动物化石。除了收集新的化石标本外，还将对每个地点的埋藏/沉积环境进行解释。在本项目的第二年将编写和研究脊椎动物，包括调查这些高纬度中生代动物群成员分类群的进化意义。近年来发现的从三叠纪到侏罗纪的几个不同时代的南极脊椎动物为研究高纬度动物群的演化提供了一个独特的机会。这些动物群也有助于我们了解中生代的高纬度气候。