New Research on the Mesozoic Vertebrate Faunas of the Beardmore Glacier Region, Antarctica

南极洲比尔德莫尔冰川地区中生代脊椎动物群的新研究

• 批准号: 0838925
• 负责人: Peter Makovicky
• 金额: $ 21.28万
• 依托单位: Field Museum of Natural History
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-09-01 至 2013-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0838925&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: New; Research; Mesozoic; Vertebrate; Faunas

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5). This project continues research on Triassic and Jurassic faunas from the Beardmore Glacier region of Antarctica. Research will be supported for one field season by helicopter from the site of the previous Beardmore Glacier camp. The PIs will prepare and study new material recovered from a number of fossil sites in the region, continue preparation and study of dinosaur material collected from Mt. Kirkpatrick during their 2003-04 field season, and place all these fossils in a refined stratigraphic and temporal framework. This project will advance the understanding of Antarctic life during the Mesozoic. Study of high paleolatitude faunas will also contribute to the understanding of biogeography, past climates, and faunal adaptation in polar regions.

该奖项是根据2009年《美国复苏与再投资法》（公法111-5）资助的。该项目继续研究南极比尔德莫尔冰川地区的三叠纪和侏罗纪动物群。在上一位Beardmore冰川营地的现场，直升机将为一个野外季节的研究提供研究。 PI将准备和研究从该地区的许多化石部位回收的新材料，继续在2003-04实地季节中从Kirkpatrick山中收集的恐龙材料进行准备和研究，并将所有这些化石放在精制的地层和时间框架中。该项目将在中生代期间提高对南极生活的理解。对高层植物的研究也将有助于对极地地区的生物地理学，过去的气候和动植物适应性的理解。