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https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP220102772
Funding Status
Active
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Funded Activity Summary
Evolutionary dynamics in deep time: faunal turnover during the Ediacaran. This project aims to investigate the world’s oldest faunal succession in the fossil record by determining the presence and extent of a sedimentary gap and confirming the role of time in the control of fossil distribution. Significant breakthroughs and capacity building are expected in the areas of palaeontology, evolutionary biology and geology using a hitherto unrecognised hiatus in the rock succession. Project outcomes include enhanced understanding of the first animal communities on Earth – these should provide significant benefits, such as revealing Australia's unique record of oldest complex organisms, while bringing additional tourism to the region, and increasing the strength of the Flinders Ranges UNESCO World Heritage nomination.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 05-2022
End Date: 04-2025
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $488,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Palaeontology (incl. Palynology) | Palaeoecology | Geology | Sedimentology
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Expanding Knowledge in the Earth Sciences | Conserving Natural Heritage | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences |
