(SGER) Paleontologic Recovery and Reconnaisance at Gran Barranca, Argentina

DEB 9907985 KayThis project is designed to salvage survey a very rich化石site in Argentina，the Gran Barranca. 该地区是南美洲唯一最重要的哺乳动物化石遗址和新生代动物群序列，在大巴兰卡地区有几个大陆上最丰富的新生代脊椎动物化石遗址。 石油公司最近的勘探活动使大巴兰卡的重要科学资源处于危险之中。 调查人员建议在受损地区进行更大规模和更密集的打捞工作，以减轻已经造成的损害，并对该地区进行更彻底的调查。 这次调查将恢复新的哺乳动物化石标本，并制作底图和调查图，供当地企业用于科学研究和勘探管理。 该项目是根据探索性研究（SGER）计划的小额赠款的指导方针支持的。

DEB 9907985KayThis project is designed to salvage survey a very rich fossil site in Argentina, theGran Barranca. This locality is the single most important fossil mammal site and Cenozoic faunal sequence in all of South America, and at the Gran Barranca occur several of the richest Cenozoic fossil vertebrate sites in the continent. Recent exploration activities by petroleum companies have placed the important scientific resources at Gran Barranca in jeopardy. The investigators propose to mitigate the damage already done by making much larger and more intensive salvage collecitons in the damaged areas, and to undertake a more thorough survey of the region. The survey will recover new fossil mammal specimens, and produce base and survey maps to be used for scientific research and for exploration management by the local enterprises. This project is supported under the guidelines of the Small Grants for Exploratory Research (SGER) program.