Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE170101325

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DE170101325

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Opalised fossils and the evolution of Australia's dinosaurs. This project aims to study dinosaur evolution in Australia. Dinosaurs were one of Earth's most successful land vertebrates, but Australia’s perceived poor dinosaur fossil record has stymied significant advances in the field and promoted the view that it was an evolutionary dead-end. This project will challenge this perception by coupling an exceptional but under-valued fossil resource from Lightning Ridge, NSW, with new phylogenetic methodology and synchrotron analyses. The expected result is better understanding of the diversity, biology, and evolutionary relationships of Australian dinosaurs in the context of global dinosaur evolution.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-04-2017

End Date: 31-03-2021

Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

Funding Amount: $353,705.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Palaeontology (incl. Palynology) | Geology | Animal Systematics and Taxonomy

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Earth Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences |

Other Keywords

Animal Systematics and Taxonomy | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in the Earth Sciences | Geology | Palaeontology (incl. Palynology)

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