Veterbrate Paleontology of the Upper Fremouw (Late Early Triassic) and Falla (Late Triassic to Early Jurassic) Formations, Beardmore Glacier Region, Antarctica

南极洲比尔德莫尔冰川地区上 Fremouw（早三叠世晚期）和 Falla（晚三叠世至早侏罗世）地层的脊椎动物古生物学

• 批准号: 9118620
• 负责人: William Hammer
• 金额: $ 7.5万
• 依托单位: Augustana College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1992
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1992-07-01 至 1994-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9118620&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Veterbrate; Paleontology; Upper; Fremouw; Late

This award supports a systematic study of new fossil vertebrates collected in the Beardmore Glacier area of Antarctica. Material from the upper Fremouw Formation, that includes several new therapsids and temnospondyls, will be prepared. The current project will also include the preparation, study and description of a new assemblage of dinosaur fossils collected from the Falla Formation. These specimens are of particular importance becuase they represent the only early dinosaurs (Late Triassic to Jurassic) known from Antarctica and the only dinosaurs of any kind from the Antarctic mainland. They represent only the third terrestrial vertebrate fauna from the Transantarctic Mountains.

该奖项支持对南极洲比尔德莫尔冰川地区收集的新脊椎动物化石进行系统研究。 来自上部 Fremouw 组的材料将被准备，其中包括几种新的兽孔类和膜椎类。 当前的项目还将包括从法拉地层收集的新恐龙化石组合的准备、研究和描述。 这些标本特别重要，因为它们代表了南极洲已知的唯一早期恐龙（三叠纪晚期到侏罗纪），也是南极大陆唯一的任何种类的恐龙。 它们仅代表横贯南极山脉的第三种陆生脊椎动物群。