Early History of the Metazoa

后生动物的早期历史

• 批准号: 9004601
• 负责人: Bruce Runnegar
• 金额: $ 9.75万
• 依托单位: University of California-Los Angeles
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1990
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1990-07-01 至 1992-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9004601&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Early; History; Metazoa

PI will investigate the early history of the Metazoa by obtaining new field and laboratory data which may be used to construct accurate models of some key taxa. The field work proposed would be carried out in the Soviet Union in 1989 and in South Australia in 1990; the laboratory studies will include methods that will yield information about the nature of early mineral skeletons; and the modeling will be largely done using 2D and 3D computer-aided-design (CAD) software and finite element analysis (FEA). Both the late Precambrian soft-bodied metazoans (Ediacara Fauna) and early Cambrian calcareous and phosphatic microfossils will be studied as part of this project.

PI将通过获取新的领域和实验室数据来调查Metazoa的早期历史，这些数据可用于构建某些关键分类单元的准确模型。 提议的现场工作将于1989年在苏联进行，并于1990年在南澳大利亚进行；实验室研究将包括将产生有关早期矿物骨骼性质的信息的方法；建模将在很大程度上使用2D和3D计算机辅助设计（CAD）软件和有限元分析（FEA）进行。 在该项目的一部分中，将研究晚期前寒武纪软体的后生动物（Ediacara Fauna）和早期的寒武纪钙质和磷酸化石。