The bipolarity of Late Palaeozoic marine faunal distributions: origin, processes and implications for modern global marine biogeography

化石记录的“深时间”生态过程提供了唯一有形的工具和材料来探索过去生物对全球环境扰动的动态反应，其时间尺度远远超出了人类的影响。正是在这种背景下，该项目与国家研究优先目标1.5（澳大利亚的生物多样性）、目标1.7（气候变化和变异）和目标3.1（突破新知识）联系在一起。此外，该项目将通过跨国和多学科研究合作提高澳大利亚的全球研究形象，重要的是，也为下一代澳大利亚古生物学家提供了一个重要的培训机会。

The fossil record of 'deep-time' ecological processes provides the only tangible tool and material to probe into the dynamics of past biotic responses to global environmental perturbations at a temporal scale extending well beyond the human impact. It is in this context that the project is linked to the National Research Priority Goal 1.5 (Australia's biodiversity), Goal 1.7 (climate change and variability) and Goal 3.1 (breakthrough new knowledge). In addition, the project will enhance Australia's global research profile through multinational and multidisciplinary research collaborations, and, importantly, also provide a crucial training opportunity for the next generation of Australian palaeobiologists.