Vertebrate Paleontology and Sedimentology of the CynognathusZone (late Early Triassic), Beardmore Glacier Region, Antarctica

南极洲比尔德莫尔冰川地区犬颌动物带（早三叠世晚期）的脊椎动物古生物学和沉积学

• 批准号: 8817023
• 负责人: William Hammer
• 金额: $ 19.99万
• 依托单位: Augustana College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1989
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1989-10-01 至 1992-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8817023&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Vertebrate; Paleontology; Sedimentology; CynognathusZone; late

This award supports investigators from Augustana College and Ohio State University in a joint vertebrate paleontologic- sedimentologic study of a new vertebrate locality in the Beardmore Glacier region of Anarctica where a late Early Triassic fauna, including abundant amphibians and reptiles of he Cynognathus Zone, was found during the final days of the 1985-86 field season. The fossils are found along the surface of an ancient stream channel, which has been exhumed by recent erosion. Further collecting will greatly enlarge the numbers of taxa in this fauna. The abundance of fossils and the ideal exposure of the sediments in which they occur will permit the group to carry out taphonomic studies, reconstruct the paleoecologic/environmental conditions for the late Early Triassic vertebrate community, and work out stratigraphic relations with other Gondwana continents.

该奖项支持奥古斯塔纳学院和俄亥俄州立大学的研究人员对南极洲比尔德莫尔冰川地区的一个新脊椎动物地点进行联合脊椎动物古生物学-沉积学研究，在那里发现了早三叠世晚期动物群，包括犬颌动物区丰富的两栖动物和爬行动物1985-86 赛季的最后几天。 这些化石是在一条古老河道的表面发现的，该河道因最近的侵蚀而被挖掘出来。 进一步的收集将大大增加该动物群中的类群数量。 丰富的化石和它们所在的沉积物的理想暴露将使该小组能够进行埋藏学研究，重建早三叠世晚期脊椎动物群落的古生态/环境条件，并计算出与其他冈瓦纳大陆的地层关系。