Australian fossil marine reptiles: a research and regional museum program

澳大利亚海洋爬行动物化石：研究和区域博物馆计划

• 批准号: LP0453550
• 负责人: Dr Benjamin Kear
• 金额: $ 23.8万
• 依托单位: The University of Adelaide
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Linkage Projects
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2004-05-10 至 2007-05-10
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/LP0453550
• 关键词: Australian; fossil; marine; reptiles; research

Australian Mesozoic marine reptile fossils are common but poorly studied. Two of the most productive localities - Richmond QLD, Coober Pedy SA - are internationally important, spanning a poorly known stratigraphic interval of marine reptile evolution and representing a high-latitude geographic region subject to near freezing conditions. Such preservation occurs nowhere else and provides a unique opportunity for anatomical, systematic and palaeobiological investigations. Such research benefits local communities because it forms the basis for regional museum displays, generates long-term tourism revenue, and encourages geological resources to be viewed as valuable natural assets to be responsibly managed for the future.

澳大利亚中生代海洋爬行动物化石很常见，但研究很少。两个最具生产力的地区--昆士兰州里士满和库伯佩迪SA --具有国际重要性，跨越了一个鲜为人知的海洋爬行动物进化地层区间，代表了一个遭受接近冰冻条件的高纬度地理区域。这种保存在其他地方是不可能的，为解剖学、系统学和古生物学研究提供了一个独特的机会。这种研究使当地社区受益，因为它构成了区域博物馆展览的基础，产生了长期的旅游收入，并鼓励地质资源被视为宝贵的自然资产，以便为未来负责任地管理。