Early History of the Metazoa

PI将通过获得新的野外和实验室数据来研究后生动物的早期历史，这些数据可用于构建一些关键分类群的精确模型。所提议的实地工作将于1989年在苏联和1990年在南澳大利亚进行；实验室研究将包括产生关于早期矿物骨骼性质的信息的方法；建模将主要使用二维和三维计算机辅助设计（CAD）软件和有限元分析（FEA）完成。该项目将研究前寒武纪晚期软体后生动物（埃迪卡拉动物群）和早寒武纪钙质和磷酸盐微化石。

PI will investigate the early history of the Metazoa by obtaining new field and laboratory data which may be used to construct accurate models of some key taxa. The field work proposed would be carried out in the Soviet Union in 1989 and in South Australia in 1990; the laboratory studies will include methods that will yield information about the nature of early mineral skeletons; and the modeling will be largely done using 2D and 3D computer-aided-design (CAD) software and finite element analysis (FEA). Both the late Precambrian soft-bodied metazoans (Ediacara Fauna) and early Cambrian calcareous and phosphatic microfossils will be studied as part of this project.