(SGER) Paleontologic Recovery and Reconnaisance at Gran Barranca, Argentina

Deb 9907985Kay该项目旨在抢救阿根廷一处非常丰富的化石遗址Gran Barranca。该地区是南美洲唯一最重要的哺乳动物化石遗址和新生代动物群序列，在格兰巴兰卡发现了几个大陆上最丰富的新生代脊椎动物化石遗址。石油公司最近的勘探活动使Gran Barranca的重要科学资源处于危险之中。调查人员建议通过在受损地区进行更大规模和更密集的打捞收集来减轻已经造成的破坏，并对该地区进行更彻底的调查。此次调查将回收新的哺乳动物化石标本，并制作基础地图和调查地图，供当地企业进行科学研究和勘探管理。该项目在探索性研究小额赠款(SGER)计划的指导下得到支持。

DEB 9907985KayThis project is designed to salvage survey a very rich fossil site in Argentina, theGran Barranca. This locality is the single most important fossil mammal site and Cenozoic faunal sequence in all of South America, and at the Gran Barranca occur several of the richest Cenozoic fossil vertebrate sites in the continent. Recent exploration activities by petroleum companies have placed the important scientific resources at Gran Barranca in jeopardy. The investigators propose to mitigate the damage already done by making much larger and more intensive salvage collecitons in the damaged areas, and to undertake a more thorough survey of the region. The survey will recover new fossil mammal specimens, and produce base and survey maps to be used for scientific research and for exploration management by the local enterprises. This project is supported under the guidelines of the Small Grants for Exploratory Research (SGER) program.