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.

知识分子的优点：PI请求支持最近从南极洲中部跨北极山脉（CTAM）回收的大量脊椎动物化石。这些化石将用于将早期的中生代南极恐龙和其他脊椎动物置于全球进化，生物地理和动物的环境中。评估南极三叠纪脊椎动物动物群中的典写程度；约束三叠纪南极脊椎动物动物群的时间关系；并完善三叠纪南极脊椎动物组合的地层环境，以建立古环境框架。下层和中部三叠纪化石在二叠纪质量灭绝之后的高贴层中为陆地环境中的生活提供了罕见的窗口。更广泛的影响：PI将使用化石通过访问当地学校来教育公众有关南极的地质，气候和生物学历史。他们将至少创建和发布两个新视频到伯克博物馆博客，这些视频将研究生在南极洲的实地考察经历。他们还将在UWBM“探索您的世界”网站上更新南极部分，其中包含图像和发现季节的发现。