Field Equipment for Paleontological and Geological Research in Northeastern Mexico

该奖项提供了部分资金用于收购一个 4-罗得岛大学用的轮式驱动车辆 地质学家大学承诺提供配套资金 为收购，并已提交了维护和运营 确保其有效使用的计划。 主要研究者和部门同事 罗得岛大学地质系有一个活跃的项目 关于海湾地区生命进化的研究 墨西哥在中生代。独特的早中侏罗世 古老的脊椎动物化石（包括最早的哺乳动物之一） 已知和罕见的爬行动物和恐龙的形式）和优秀的岩石 在墨西哥东北部发现了暴露， 罗得岛队在赛季中的研究是 集中在Huizachal峡谷，马德雷山脉东方。 他们的大部分领域的偏远地区和地理 覆盖的广度需要可靠的运输。

This award provides partial funding for the acquisition of a 4-wheel drive vehicle for use by University of Rhode Island field geologists. The University is committed to providing matching funds for the acquisition and has submitted a maintenance and operation plan that ensures its efficient use. The Principal Investigator and colleagues in the Department of Geology at the University of Rhode Island have an active program of research on the evolution of life in the area of the Gulf of Mexico during the Mesozoic period. Unique early-to-middle-Jurassic- aged vertebrate fossils (including one of the earliest mammals known and rare reptilian and dinosaur forms) and excellent rock exposures are found in northeastern Mexico, and much of the research of the Rhode Island team during the field season is concentrated in Huizachal Canyon, Sierra Madre Oriental Mountains. The remoteness of most of their field area and the geographic breadth to be covered requires reliable transportation.