ケンタッキー州ビッグ・ボーン・リック州立公園の古生物学調査: 予備報告書
Science (New York, N.Y.)
|November 29, 1963
まとめ
ケンタッキー州ビッグ・ボーン・リックで発見された化石は,ウィスコンシン州から近年までの哺乳類の骨を明らかにしています. この研究は,この北米の大規模な化石遺跡に関する新しい動物と地質学的洞察を提供します.
科学分野:
- パレオントロジー・パレオントロジー
- 地質学 地質学 地質学
- 四次科学とは四次科学である.
背景:
- ビッグ・ボーン・リック (Big Bone Lick, Kentucky) は,脊椎動物化石の北米の歴史的に重要な地域である.
- 以前の研究により,古生物学的および地質学的研究におけるその重要性が確立されています.
研究 の 目的:
- ビッグ・ボーン・リック地域を調査し,動物や地質学的な証拠を集めました.
- 哺乳類の化石の骨を年代測定と環境再構築のために分析する.
主な方法:
- 1962年の化石標本の発掘と回収.
- テラス埋立地内の動物地帯のストラティグラフィック分析.
- ウィスコンシン州 (Tazewell?) から回収された哺乳類の骨の年代測定. 最近の期間から.
主要な成果:
- 哺乳類の骨は,4つの異なる動物地帯から回収されました.
- 化石は,ウィスコンシン州 (Tazewell?) からの時間帯を表しています. 氷河期から最近の時代まで.
- この発見は,この地域の古生態学と地質史の理解に貢献します.
結論:
- ビッグ・ボーン・リック地域は,貴重な古生物学的データを提供し続けています.
- 回収された化石は,北米の四季期の哺乳類のファウナについての理解を深める.
- 遺跡の地質史と動物史を完全に解明するために,さらなる調査が必要である.
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