Evolution and paleobiology of late cretaceous ornithischian dinosaurs

晚白垩世鸟臀目恐龙的进化和古生物学

• 批准号: 355845-2008
• 负责人: Evans, David
• 金额: $ 1.82万
• 依托单位: University of Toronto
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2009-01-01 至 2010-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=431788
• 关键词: Evolution; paleobiology; late; cretaceous; ornithischian

This research program aims to investigate macroevolutionary patterns in large-bodied terrestrial vertebrates, specifically Late Cretaceous ornithischian (plant-eating) dinosaurs, and evaluate their relationship to climatic and environmental change. This programs will integrate comparative anatomy, ontogenetic growth, and phylogenetic systematics of ornithischian dinosaurs with emerging paleoclimatic and paleoenvironmental data to evaluate the role of climate and environmental change on patterns and processes of terrestrial vertebrate evolution, life histories, historical biogeography, and morphological and taxonomic diversity.

该研究计划旨在研究大型陆生脊椎动物，特别是白垩纪晚期鸟臀目（植食性）恐龙的宏观进化模式，并评估它们与气候和环境变化的关系。该项目将把鸟臀目恐龙的比较解剖学、个体发育和系统发育系统学与新出现的古气候和古环境数据相结合，以评估气候和环境变化对陆地脊椎动物进化模式和过程、生活史、历史生物地理学以及形态和分类多样性的作用。