The material from the Grippia bone bed includes a vast amount of Osteichthyes material. This project will provide the preliminary research needed to determine the type and number of taxa present in the Grippia bone bed. Statistical approaches will be utilised to examine the structure of the ecosystem.
This is part of available master projects in Spitsbergen Mesozoic Research Group (SMRG) SMRG are currently working on describing material from the Early-Middle Triassic of Svalbard, and we have several projects available for master students.
We are happy to discuss other opportunities, so do not hesitate to contact Aubrey Roberts a.j.roberts@nhm.uio.no or Jørn Hurum j.h.hurum@nhm.uio.no if you have questions or wish to apply for the projects. Projects are noted as being either more biology or geology focused, this is a guideline and not a background requirement.