Upper Triassic and Jurassic fossil lagerstaetten of North Victoria Land

南极洲中生代的陆生化石继续呈现出独特的保存形式，尤其是植物化石。然而，南极化石矿床的巨大潜力仍远未得到充分开发。该项目提案将被视为GANOVEX XI期间开展古生物学野外考察的试点研究，特别关注南部高纬度地区三叠纪-侏罗纪边界的生物变化。该项目的目的是：(1)详细收集最近在北维多利亚地的上三叠统和下侏罗统发现的化石遗址上的宏观和微生物区系；(2)在古生物学家迄今尚未研究的有前途的露头区进行勘探实地考察。如果实地工作证明非常成功，将提交一份单独的项目建议，对材料进行更详细的研究。对中生代南极化石的研究将有助于更好地理解全球变暖时期南方高纬度生物的生理和生长策略，并有望揭示三叠纪末生物危机如何影响冈瓦纳陆地领域，而不是研究得很好的北方高纬度生物。

The Mesozoic of Antarctica continues to yield exceptional terrestrial fossil deposits that show exquisite and often unique forms of preservation, especially with regard to plant fossils. However, the enormous potential of Antarctic fossil deposits is still far from being fully explored. This project proposal is to be regarded as a pilot study to carry out palaeontological fieldwork during the GANOVEX XI, with a special focus on the biotic changes across the Triassic-Jurassic boundary at southern high latitudes. The aims of this project are (1) a detailed collecting of macro- and microfloras at recently discovered fossil sites in the Upper Triassic and Lower Jurassic of north Victoria Land, and (2) exploratory fieldwork in promising outcrop areas that have so far remained unstudied by palaeontologists. If fieldwork proves to be very successful, a separate project proposal for more detailed studies of the material will be submitted. The study of the Mesozoic Antarctic fossils will contribute to a better understanding of the physiology and growth strategies of southern high-latitude biotas during times of global warmth, and promises to shed new light on how the end-Triassic biotic crisis affected the Gondwanan terrestrial realm compared to well-studied northern high-latitude biotas.