Devonian sarcopterygians with special reference to porolepiforms from the Canadian Arctic Archipelago

The proposed research project for Globalink Research Award is to test a hypothesis of faunal connectivity in the Devonian
(419-535 million years ago) Nothern Hemisphere through comparision of the fossil vertebrates from the Canadian Arctic
Archipelago with those from the Holy Cross Mountains, Poland, with special focus on an extinct group of lobe-finned fishes
(sarcopterygians) called porolepiforms. The secondary goal is to decribe unpublished and unknown aspects of poroplepiformes
anatomy and settle systematic issues. Potentially, collections in Canadian Museum of Nature could include new taxa, which I am
willing to help with indentifying and curating numerous uncatalogued specimens. During my research I would like to collect new
data as general measurements of specimens, characteristic features of internal skeleton, squamation, dentition and conduct
qualitative and quantitative analysis mainly of porolepiforms. Among the benefits that my visit can bring to the collections is
primarily detailed taxonomy and anatomical decriptions of sarcopterygians. Also, invetory for sarcopterygians among the
uncatalogued materials will help reorganize and catalogue this large and significant collection counted more than 3000
specimens.

Faculty Supervisor:

Marie-Andrée Akimenko;Tetsuto Miyashita

Student:

Partner:

University of Warsaw

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Education; Life Sciences (not health)

University:

University of Ottawa

Program: