PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOGEOGRPHY OF THE TRANSILVANIAN LATE CRETACEOUS AND EARLY PALEOGENE IN THE GLOBAL CONTERXT OF THE GEOLOGICAL AND PALEOBIOLOGICAL EVANTS AT THE CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY
DIRECTOR of the PROJECT
ALLOCATED VALUE (USD)
GRIGORESCU DAN ALEXANDRU
29000
Description of the project: "THE PROJECT AIMS TO IDENTIFY THE PALEO-BIOLOGICAL AND -(BIO)GEOGRAPHICAL CHANGES OCCURING WITHIN THE TRANSYLVANIAN REALM AROUND THE K/T BOUNDARY, MARKED GLOBALLY BY IMPORTANT BIOTIC EXTINCTIONS AND GEOGRAPHICAL CHANGES. THE FOCUS OF THE PROJECT IS ON THE STUDY OF TWO FAUNAS THAT BRACKET THIS LIMIT, ONE FROM THE MAASTRICHTIAN (HATEG, ALBA IULIA), THE OTHER FROM THE PALEOCENE (JIBOU). THE MOST IMPORTANT OBJECTIVES ARE THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE PALEOGEOGRAPHICAL-PALEOECOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK AND THAT OF THE PALEOECOSYSTEMS REPRESENTED, WITH HIGHLIGHT ON THE OCCURING CHANGES. "
