Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP0558499
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Australia's exceptional Palaeozoic fossil fishes, and a Gondwana origin for land vertebrates. The 370 million-year-old Gogo deposit in WA has produced the World's best-preserved fossil fishes of Devonian age. New discoveries of related forms in eastern and central Australia document the deep history of Australia's unique vertebrate fauna, and provide new evidence on the evolution of the first jaws and limbs in vertebrates. They indicate that the first land animals may have evolved on the Australian landmass. These remarkably preserved, information-rich skulls and braincases of some of the oldest known vertebrate fossils provide unique data on early evolution of the head and brain; they are held in national collections as a significant contribution to both National and World Heritage.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 2005
End Date: 12-2008
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $280,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Geology | Palaeontology | Animal Systematics, Taxonomy And Phylogeny | Ecology And Evolution Not Elsewhere Classified
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Preserving movable cultural heritage | Biological sciences | Earth sciences |
