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

0616719 Allmon该奖项支持一次计划访问，使纽约伊萨卡古生物研究所的Warren Allmon博士能够与新西兰下赫特地质与核科学研究所的James Crampton博士会面。 这次访问将有助于制定一项合作计划，以开展对新近纪Turritelline腹足动物进化动力学的研究。 正在提出一种多学科方法，利用化石分类群的系统发育分析、这些化石分类群现代亲属的基因序列数据以及新西兰新生代现有的非常完整和经过充分研究的地层和古环境框架。 塔螺是新生代最丰富、最具多样性的软体动物类群之一。 虽然它们曾经在世界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新生代的众多生物物种的地方之一。 这可能为研究这一重要群体的进化动力学提供了无与伦比的机会。 这次访问之后，将在宏观和微观层面上对最近的贝壳和化石进行广泛的检查。 目前的收藏品，可能在新西兰的多个地点，将可用于进一步的研究。 预计该项目还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。 预计两国科学家和学生之间的这些早期合作将导致长期合作，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.