Preparation of Vertebrate Fossils from the Triassic of Antarctica

南极三叠纪脊椎动物化石的制备

• 批准号: 1146399
• 负责人: Christian Sidor
• 金额: $ 10.29万
• 依托单位: University of Washington
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-08-15 至 2015-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1146399&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Preparation; Vertebrate; Fossils; Triassic; Antarctica

Intellectual Merit: The PI requests support for preparation of a large collection of vertebrate fossils recently recovered from the Central Transantarctic Mountains (CTAM) of Antarctica. These fossils will be used to place early Mesozoic Antarctic dinosaurs and other vertebrates into a global evolutionary, biogeographic, and faunal context; assess the degree of endemism in Triassic vertebrate faunas of Antarctica; constrain temporal relationships of the Triassic Antarctic vertebrate faunas; and refine the stratigraphic context for the Triassic Antarctic vertebrate assemblages to establish a paleoenvironmental framework. The lower and middle Triassic fossils offer a rare window on life in terrestrial environments at high-latitudes immediately after the Permian mass extinction. Broader impacts: The PI will use their fossils to educate the public about the geologic, climatic, and biologic history of Antarctica by visiting local schools. They will create and publish at least two new videos to the Burke Museum blog that relate the graduate student?s experience of fieldwork in Antarctica. They will also update the Antarctica section on the UWBM "Explore Your World" website with images and findings from their field season.

智力优势：PI请求支持准备最近从南极洲中部横贯南极山脉（CTAM）发现的大量脊椎动物化石。这些化石将被用来放置在一个全球性的进化，地理学和动物区系背景下的中生代早期南极恐龙和其他脊椎动物;评估南极洲三叠纪脊椎动物区系的特有程度;限制三叠纪南极脊椎动物区系的时间关系;和完善的地层环境三叠纪南极脊椎动物组合，以建立一个古环境框架。下三叠世和中三叠世的化石提供了一个罕见的窗口，在二叠纪大灭绝之后的高纬度陆地环境中的生命。更广泛的影响：PI将通过访问当地学校，利用他们的化石教育公众有关南极洲的地质，气候和生物历史。他们将创建并发布至少两个新的视频伯克博物馆博客，涉及研究生？她在南极洲实地考察的经验。他们还将更新UWBM“探索你的世界”网站上的南极洲部分，其中包括他们野外季节的图像和发现。