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Award Abstract #9224396
SGER: Late Cretaceous Mammals from Madagascar
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DEB
Division of Environmental Biology
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| Initial Amendment Date: |
January 22, 1993 |
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| Latest Amendment Date: |
January 22, 1993 |
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| Award Number: |
9224396 |
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| Award Instrument: |
Standard Grant |
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| Program Manager: |
DEB Division of Environmental Biology
BIO Directorate for Biological Sciences
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| Start Date: |
February 15, 1993 |
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| Expires: |
January 31, 1995 (Estimated) |
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| Awarded Amount to Date: |
$41533 |
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| Investigator(s): |
David Krause David.Krause@sunysb.edu (Principal Investigator)
Joseph Hartman (Co-Principal Investigator)
Neil Wells (Co-Principal Investigator)
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| Sponsor: |
SUNY at Stony Brook
WEST 5510 FRK MEL LIB
STONY BROOK, NY 11794 631/632-9949
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| NSF Program(s): |
AFRICA, NEAR EAST, & SO ASIA,
GEOLOGY & PALEONTOLOGY,
LONG-TERM PROJCTS IN ENVIR BIO
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| Field Application(s): |
0000099 Other Applications NEC,
64 Environmental Biology
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| Program Reference Code(s): |
9237, 5928
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| Program Element Code(s): |
5976, 1571, 1129
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ABSTRACT
The investigators will explore promising geologic deposits in the Madagascar for the remains of Cretaceous mammals. If the expedition is successful, the discoveries could revolutionize our understanding of: (1) the origin, biogeography and evolution of the Madagascar mammalian fauna, which id highly endemic and unbalanced; (2) the biogeography of mammals on other Gondwanan land masses; (3) the pattern and timing of the separation of the Madagascar from the African mainland; (4) the pattern and timing of mammals faunal migrations to (? and from) the island. Of especial interest among the mammals in the origin and evolution of Madagascar's unique primate (lemur) fauna, groups which are known only from the sub-fossil Quaternary record.
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