Website
https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP0453393
Funding Status
Closed
Does something not look right? The information on this page has been harvested from data sources that may not be up to date. We continue to work with information providers to improve coverage and quality. To report an issue, use the Feedback Form.
Funded Activity Summary
Overturning the Ediacara biota: community structure of the oldest animal ecosystems. The first systematic excavation of serial fossil beds of South Australia's famous Ediacara biota will lead to an integrated study of the oldest diverse macroscopic assemblages of life on Earth. Once the preservational and biological components of the record have been separated, Ediacaran fossil beds can be treated as 'snap-shots? of benthic marine communities. This will enable the use of palaeoecological tools to determine which if any of these Precambrian fossils were members of animal groups that heralded the Cambrian explosion of animal life.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 03-2004
End Date: 09-2008
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $130,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Palaeoecology | Conservation And Biodiversity | Geology | Palaeontology |
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Tourism not elsewhere classified | Preserving movable cultural heritage | Earth sciences
