Acquisition of Paleontological Field Equipment

这笔资金将用于购买野外设备，以便首席研究员及其同事可以在蒙大拿州西北部建立一个野外营地，对圣玛丽河和柳溪地质构造进行探索，作为恐龙化石骨骼和恐龙蛋的来源。1986年至1988年期间，首席研究员与蒙大拿州波兹曼落基山脉博物馆的J.R.霍纳合作进行了实地工作，结果发现了两个新的骨床，一个筑巢的地平线和各种稀有恐龙物种的关节化石遗骸。这些和未来的发现为研究晚白垩纪恐龙动物群和分析恐龙的进化和灭绝提供了机会。新化石层的位置需要为这项野外工作建立一个新的营地。

This award will provide the funds needed to acquire field equipment so that the Principal Investigator and colleagues can set up a field camp in northwestern Montana to carry out their exploration of the St. Mary River and Willow Creek geological formations as sources of dinosaur fossil bones and eggs. Field work by the Principal Investigator, in collaboration with J.R. Horner of the Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman, Montana, during 1986-88 has resulted in the discovery of two new bonebeds, a nesting horizon and various articulated fossil remains of rare dinosaur species. These and future discoveries offer opportunities for the study of Late Cretaceous dinosaur fauna and for the analysis of the evolution and extinction of dinosaurs. The location of the new fossil beds requires setting up a new campsite for this field work.