Research projects funded by the National Science Centre (ongoing)

 

POLONEZ
OPUS

Elemental signatures in fossil and modern otoliths: Proxies for biomineralizing protein functionality and diagenetic alteration
project coordinator: Jarosław Stolarski

lead time: 2025 – 2029

Reconstructing biota and environmental conditions in Antarctic glacial refugia in the western Ross Sea during the Last Glacial Maximum
project coordinator: Wojciech Majewski

lead time: 2025 – 2028

Ontogeny in the aetosaur Stagonolepis olenkae: a key for the early evolution of the cocrodylian lineage
project coordinator: Tomasz Sulej

lead time: 2020 – 2025


Functional anatomy of Tarbosaurus bataar from the Nemegt Formation of Mongolia
project coordinator: Tomasz Szczygielski

lead time: 2020 – 2026


Historical biogeography and diversity of the ornithischian dinosaurs from the Jurassic and Cretaceous of the European archipelago
project coordinator: Daniel Madzia

lead time: 2021 – 2026


Late Jurassic restricted environments of the shallow-water carbonate succession of NW and NE margins of the Holy Cross Mts as a place of accumulation of unusual fossils
project coordinator: Błażej Błażejowski

lead time: 2021 – 2025


The enigma of Chelonipus ispp.: Middle Triassic turtles or locomotory convergence?
project coordinator: Tomasz Szczygielski

lead time: 2021 – 2026


Paleoproteomics of fossil fish otoliths
project coordinator: Jarosław Stolarski

lead time: 2021 – 2026


Locomotory and stance evolution in Triassic dicynodonts
project coordinator: Tomasz Szczygielski

lead time: 2023 – 2027


Global drivers of plesiosaur evolution during intervals of intense change in Mesozoic marine ecosystems
project coordinator: Daniel Madzia

lead time: 2024 – 2028


Evolutionary optimization of echinoderm microstructures: the origin and functional significance of Triply Periodic Minimal Surface stereom patterns
project coordinator: Przemysław Gorzelak

lead time: 2024 – 2028

PRELUDIUM

The dawn of the Triassic aquatic reptiles in the light of discoveries from the Lower Muschelkalk
project coordinator: Adam Rytel

lead time: 2025 – 2028

 

Solving the mystery of the mode of life of a long-necked Triassic reptile Tanystropheus
project coordinator: Tomasz Sulej

lead time: 2021 – 2026

SONATA

Evolution of dinosaurs and their kin in the Late Triassic of northern Pangaea
project coordinator: Łukasz Czepiński

lead time: 2025 – 2028

 

Microtaphonomy of carbonate skeletons of marine organisms
project coordinator: Katarzyna Janiszewska

lead time: 2020 – 2026

MINIATURA

Ichthyosaur evolution in the Late Triassic: new insights from British Columbia, Canada
project coordinator: Andrzej Wolniewicz

lead time: 2025 – 2026