Study of Fossils of Early Terrestrial Arthropods

Information

• NSF Award
• 9112487

Owner

• Hampden-Sydney College

• Award Id

  9112487

• Award Effective Date

  9/15/1991 - 33 years ago

• Award Expiration Date

  2/28/1995 - 29 years ago

• Award Amount

  $ 79,700.00

• Award Instrument

  Standard Grant

This proposal requests funding to search for and study fossils of early land animals in North America. The time intervals to be studied are the Silurian and Devonian Periods, spanning from about 440 million years ago to about 360 million years ago. The fossils are of arachnids (spiders, etc.), myriapods (centipeds and millipeds), and insects as well as a few groups of animals that are entirely extinct. The fossils are preserved as organic remains in sedimentary rocks and are removed by digesting the rocks with hydrofluoric acid. The material obtained in this way will aid in understanding the evolution of early life on land, the relationships within and among the groups named, and how these early animals functioned.

• Program Officer

• Min Amd Letter Date

  9/23/1991 - 33 years ago

• Max Amd Letter Date

  9/17/1992 - 32 years ago

• ARRA Amount

• Name

  Hampden-Sydney College

• City

  Hampden-Sydney

• State

  VA

• Country

  United States

• Address

  Box 637

• Postal Code

  239430000

• Phone Number

  4342236144

• First Name

  William

• Last Name

  Shear

• Email Address

  wshear@hsc.edu

• Start Date

  9/15/1991 12:00:00 AM

• Name

  Other Applications NEC

• Code

  99

• Name

  Life Science Biological

• Code

  61

• Text

  PHYLOGENETIC SYSTEMATICS

• Code

  1171

• Text

  SCEC

• Code

  1571

• Text

  SPECIAL PROGRAMS-RESERVE

• Code

  9145

• Text

  GLOBAL CHANGE

• Code

  1577