U.S.-Argentina Planning Visit: Late Cretaceous Dinosaurs and Paleoenvironments of Southern Patagonia

这个美洲项目奖将为德雷克塞尔大学的Kenneth Lacovara博士的计划访问提供支持，他将与巴塔哥尼亚国立大学的Ruben Martinez博士合作，评估最近发现的恐龙的质量和意义，并为该地区的合作古生物学和地质研究规划后勤。PIS有独特的机会在世界上一个晚白垩世恐龙鲜为人知的地区采样和采集它们，这代表了一组生物地理上新的和不同的化石，从而增加了我们对它们的进化和分布的了解。除了研究这个地点和这些化石的重要性之外，这个项目还将包括对美国研究生和本科生的培训，加强这些年轻研究人员进行基础和应用研究的能力。

0406743LacovaraThis Americas Program award will provide support for a planning visit by Dr. Kenneth Lacovara, Drexel University, to work with Dr. Ruben Martinez of the Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia to to assess the quality and significance of a recent dinosaur discovery and to plan logistics for collaborative paleontological and geological research in the area. The Pis have the unique opportunity to sample and collect Late Cretaceous dinosaurs in an area of the world where they are poorly known and which represents a biogeographically new and different set of fossils, thus, increasing our understanding of their evolution and distribution.In addition to the importance of studying this site and these fossils, this project will involve training of U.S. graduate and undergraduate students, strengthening the abilities of these young researchers to conduct both basic and applied research.