Veterbrate Paleontology of the Upper Fremouw (Late Early Triassic) and Falla (Late Triassic to Early Jurassic) Formations, Beardmore Glacier Region, Antarctica

该奖项支持对在南极洲比尔德莫尔冰川地区收集的新脊椎动物化石进行系统研究。将准备来自上部Fremouw组的材料，其中包括几种新的兽孔类和temnospondyls。目前的项目还将包括准备、研究和描述从法拉组收集的一组新的恐龙化石。这些标本特别重要，因为它们代表了唯一已知的来自南极洲的早期恐龙（晚三叠世到侏罗纪），也是唯一来自南极大陆的恐龙。它们代表了横贯南极山脉的第三种陆生脊椎动物群。

This award supports a systematic study of new fossil vertebrates collected in the Beardmore Glacier area of Antarctica. Material from the upper Fremouw Formation, that includes several new therapsids and temnospondyls, will be prepared. The current project will also include the preparation, study and description of a new assemblage of dinosaur fossils collected from the Falla Formation. These specimens are of particular importance becuase they represent the only early dinosaurs (Late Triassic to Jurassic) known from Antarctica and the only dinosaurs of any kind from the Antarctic mainland. They represent only the third terrestrial vertebrate fauna from the Transantarctic Mountains.