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，显示出精美和往往独特的保存形式，特别是在植物化石方面。然而，南极化石蕴藏的巨大潜力还远未得到充分开发。本项目提案将被视为在GANOVEX Xi期间开展古生物学实地考察的试点研究，特别侧重于南部高纬度地区三叠纪-侏罗纪界线的生物变化。该项目的目的是：（1）详细收集维多利亚地北部上三叠统和下侏罗纪最近发现的化石地点的大型和小型植物群;（2）在迄今为止尚未被古生物学家研究的有希望的露头地区进行勘探性野外工作。如果实地工作证明非常成功，将提交一份单独的项目提案，对这些材料进行更详细的研究。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的生理和生长策略，并有望揭示三叠纪末生物危机如何影响冈瓦纳陆地领域相比，充分研究北方高纬度生物。

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.