The National Science Foundation awarded a two-year, $174,000 Project Grant to researchers at Hamden, Connecticut to conduct an interdisciplinary experimental investigation of predator-driven evolution of shell structure at different scales during the Mesozoic Marine Revolution. The grant is funded through the NSF's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), which supports basic research to strengthen understanding of the integrated Earth system. Over the 24-month period from April 2022 through March 2024, grant funds will support experimental work examining how predation influenced the evolution of shell structures in marine invertebrates during the Mesozoic era, and analysis of results to advance knowledge of predator-prey dynamics and their effects on biological diversity across spatial and temporal scales.
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