Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE190101423

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DE190101423

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Active

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Funded Activity Summary

Revealing the diets of dinosaurs through the complexity and shape of teeth. This project aims to reveal the role of diet in the spread and subsequent dominance of Mesozoic dinosaurs. Previous research has revealed much about dinosaur anatomy and diversity, but their diets remain broadly classified into two categories, herbivores and carnivores. This project will use 3D scans of dinosaur teeth to calculate anatomical indicators of diet, and interpret diet as a continuous variable which will permit unprecedented evolutionary analyses of dinosaur ecology. Anticipated outcomes include an innovative framework with which to reconstruct the ecological diversity of dinosaurs from Australia and around the world and understand the processes that led to their success for over 150 million years.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 03-06-2019

End Date: 29-11-2024

Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

Funding Amount: $370,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Palaeontology (incl. Palynology) | Palaeoecology | Geology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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

Other Keywords

Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in the Earth Sciences | Geology | Palaeoecology | Palaeontology (incl. Palynology)

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