U.S.-New Zealand Planning Visit: Evolutionary Dynamics of Neogene Turritelline Gastropods

[06:16719]这个奖项支持一项计划访问，使纽约伊萨卡古生物研究所的沃伦·奥尔蒙博士能够会见新西兰下赫特地质与核科学研究所的詹姆斯·克兰普顿博士。此次访问将有助于制定一项合作计划，以开展新近纪turritelline腹足类动物的进化动力学研究。利用化石分类群的系统发育分析、来自这些化石分类群现代近缘的基因序列数据，以及新西兰新生代异常完整和研究充分的地层和古环境格架，提出了一种多学科方法。Turritellines是新生代最丰富、最多样的软体动物类群之一。虽然它们曾经在世界上的浅海中几乎无处不在，但新西兰是当今为数不多的几个可以追溯到中生代的地方之一。这可能为研究这一重要群体的进化动力学提供了一个无与伦比的机会。这次访问之后，将在宏观和微观层面对近期和化石壳进行广泛的检查。访问目前的收藏，可能在新西兰的多个地点，将可用于进一步的研究。预计该项目将为美国研究生提供独特的培训和教育机会，以获得全球研究经验。预计来自两国的科学家和学生之间的这些早期合作将导致长期合作，这将使两个机构受益。

0616719AllmonThis award supports a planning visit to enable Dr. Warren Allmon of the Paleontological Research Institute in Ithaca, New York to meet with Dr. James Crampton of the Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences in Lower Hutt, New Zealand. The visit will help develop a collaborative plan for undertaking research on the evolutionary dynamics of neogene turritelline gastropods. A multidisciplinary approach is being proposed using phylogenetic analysis of fossil taxa, genetic sequence data from modern relatives of those fossil taxa, and the exceptionally complete and well studied stratigraphic and paleoenvironmental framework available in the New Zealand Cenozoic. Turritellines are one of the most abundant and diverse mollusk groups in the Cenozoic period. Although they were once almost ubiquitous in the worlds shallow seas, New Zealand is one of the few places today where numerous living species can be traced backeward far into the Cenozoic. This potentially provides an unparalleled opportunity to study evolutionary dynamics in this important group. This visit will be followed by an extensive examination of both the recent and fossil shells at macro-and microscopic levels. Access to the current collections, potentially in multiple locations in New Zealand, will be available to further the research. It is also anticipated that this project will provide unique training and educational opportunities for a U.S. graduate student to obtain a global research experience. It is anticipated that these early collaborations between the scientists and students from each country will lead to long-term collaborations that will benefit both institutions.