Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP0561052

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LP0561052

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Cretaceous marine reptiles from the Eromanga Sea - a research project focussing on the fossils of Outback Queensland. The Eromanga Sea covered large tracts of north and central Australia between 140 and 95 million years ago. Major faunal components of this inland-sea were marine reptiles, such as plesiosaurs, ichthyosaurs and sea turtles. North Qld has extensive marine fossil deposits remaining to be systematically explored. Many world-significant specimens from these strata are housed in the Australian, Queensland and Richmond Marine Fossil museums. This project intends to resolve fundamental questions concerning the evolution, environment, lifestyle and distribution of Cretaceous marine reptiles by improving their fossil record and analysing newly discovered Australian specimens, including the world's first plesiosaur embryo.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 06-2005

End Date: 05-2007

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $230,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Palaeoecology | Geology | Palaeontology | Animal Systematics, Taxonomy And Phylogeny

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Economic issues | Biological sciences | Earth sciences |

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