Taxonomic and Phylogenetic Study of Western Atlantic and Eastern Pacific Miocene to Recent Corbulidae (Bivalvia)

9316363安德森 PI将研究构造，古海洋学，古气候和古环境如何影响一个重要的浅海双壳类，Corbulidae的进化。 研究将包括：1）在佛罗里达和大西洋沿岸平原的取样单位，以补充现有的收集; 2）形态测量分析; 3）支序和层位分析，以建立物种之间的进化关系。 这项工作将有助于大规模的巴拿马古生物学项目，该项目的目标是记录巴拿马地峡关闭的时间和生物体对这一过程的反应。

9316363 Anderson PI will examine how tectonics, paleoceanography, paleoclimate and paleoenvironment affected evolution of an important group of shallow-marine bivalves, the Corbulidae. Study will include: 1) sampling units in Florida and the Atlantic coastal plain to supplement existing collections; 2) morphometric analyses; and 3) cladistic and stratophenic analyses to establish evolutionary relationships among species. This work will contribute to the large-scale Panama Paleontology Project, the goal of which is to document the closing through time of the Isthmus of Panama and the response of organisms to that process.