Upper Triassic and Jurassic fossil lagerstaetten of North Victoria Land

南极洲的中生代继续产生特殊的陆地化石沉积，显示出精致且往往是独特的保存形式，特别是在植物化石方面。然而，南极化石矿藏的巨大潜力仍远未得到充分开发。该项目提案将被视为在GANOVEX XI期间开展古生物野外工作的先导研究，重点是南部高纬度地区跨越三叠系-侏罗系界线的生物变化。该项目的目的是(1)详细收集最近在维多利亚州北部上三叠统和下侏罗统发现的化石遗址的宏观和微型植物群，以及(2)对到目前为止仍未被古生物学家研究的有前景的露头地区进行探索性野外工作。如果实地考察证明非常成功，将提交一个单独的项目提案，对材料进行更详细的研究。对南极中生代化石的研究将有助于更好地了解全球变暖时期南部高纬度生物群的生理和生长策略，并有望揭示与研究充分的北方高纬度生物群相比，末三叠世生物危机是如何影响贡德瓦南陆地领域的。

The Mesozoic of Antarctica continues to yield exceptional terrestrial fossil deposits that show exquisite and often unique forms of preservation, especially with regard to plant fossils. However, the enormous potential of Antarctic fossil deposits is still far from being fully explored. This project proposal is to be regarded as a pilot study to carry out palaeontological fieldwork during the GANOVEX XI, with a special focus on the biotic changes across the Triassic-Jurassic boundary at southern high latitudes. The aims of this project are (1) a detailed collecting of macro- and microfloras at recently discovered fossil sites in the Upper Triassic and Lower Jurassic of north Victoria Land, and (2) exploratory fieldwork in promising outcrop areas that have so far remained unstudied by palaeontologists. If fieldwork proves to be very successful, a separate project proposal for more detailed studies of the material will be submitted. The study of the Mesozoic Antarctic fossils will contribute to a better understanding of the physiology and growth strategies of southern high-latitude biotas during times of global warmth, and promises to shed new light on how the end-Triassic biotic crisis affected the Gondwanan terrestrial realm compared to well-studied northern high-latitude biotas.