Salvaging dinosaur embryos, eggs, and associated geological data from Tustea, Romania, for future phylogenetic and paleobiological studies

快速：从罗马尼亚的塔斯泰亚打捞恐龙胚胎、蛋和相关的地质数据，用于未来的系统发育和古生物学研究。Gerald Grellet-Tinner，Journey Museum，拉皮德城，南达科他州-1335605摘要：PI请求资助前往罗马尼亚的克卢日，从世界著名的塔斯泰亚恐龙筑巢地打捞恐龙蛋和胚胎化石以及相关的地质数据。这个极小的Tustea化石遗址目前90%被毫无根据的推土机摧毁。相对较薄的化石承载层的破坏代表了古生物学和科学的重大损失，并威胁着未来的希望，长期研究胚胎的身份，它们的系统发育位置，对筑巢地点进行深入的古生物学调查，以及恐龙胚胎与相关蛋的关联。克卢日大学的Codrea博士发现并恢复了恐龙蛋和胚胎化石。他请Grellet-Tinner博士前往克卢日，协助打捞工作和研究由此产生的标本。PI的家乡机构，位于南达科他州拉皮德城的旅程博物馆，为一个大型的美洲原住民社区，区域学校系统以及国家和国际成年人口提供服务。博物馆的地质学/古生物学展览的一部分以PI以前的研究为特色。它将被更新和扩展，以胚胎和卵子的展示和模具的形式纳入新研究的成果。

RAPID: Salvaging dinosaur embryos, eggs, and associated geological data from Tustea, Romania, for future phylogenetic and paleobiological studiesGerald Grellet-Tinner, Journey Museum, Rapid City, South DakotaEAR-1335605ABSTRACTPI requests funds to travel to Cluj, Romania to salvage fossil dinosaur eggs and embryos and associated geological data from the world-renown Tustea dinosaur-nesting site. The extremely small Tustea fossil site is presently 90% destroyed by unwarranted bulldozing. The destruction of the relatively thin fossil-bearing layer represents a major loss for paleontology and science and threatens hope for future, long-term studies of the identity of the embryos, their phylogenetic placement, in depth paleobiological investigations of the nesting sites, and the association of dinosaur embryos with the associated eggs. Dr. Codrea from the University of Cluj discovered and recovered fossil dinosaur eggs and embryos. He asked Dr. Grellet-Tinner to travel to Cluj to assist in the salvaging operation and study of the resultant specimens. The PI's home institution, the Journey Museum in Rapid city, South Dakota, serves a large community of Native Americans, the regional school system, and the national and international adult population. A portion of the museum's geology/paleontology exhibit features the PI's previous research. It will be updated and expanded to incorporate the outcome of the new research in the form of displays and molds of the embryos and eggs.