REU:  The Cranial Structure of Chinese Liassic Mammals and  Tritylodontids
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The evolutionary transition from reptiles to mammals took                  place during the Triassic Period, and higher vertebrate fossils                 of this age are studied intensively.  Dr. A. W. Crompton has the                unprecendented opportunity to study Triassic fossils of early                   mammals and mammal-like reptiles from the People's Republic of                  China.  The specimens will be taken on loan to Harvard University               where closely-spaced sections through the skulls will be cut and                recorded on a computer-based image analysis system.  The sections               will be integrated by the computer into a three-dimensional                     reconstruction, revealing new morphological features of the                     cranial interiors.                                                                   The data to be gathered during this study will have direct                 impact on the several competing hypotheses that seek to explain                 the origin (or origins) of mammals from reptiles.  Evolutionary                 biologists, vertebrate anatomists, and paleontologists will find                the results of this study of interest.  The project will also                   improve scientific collaboration and exchange between the U.S.                  and China.
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