- Exploring a portion of the Menuha Formation (Upper Cretaceous) in Wadi Aqrav (“Scorpion Wash” which we may rename “Tick Wash”). Coordinates: N30° 33.712′, E34° 38.844′.
Our source of shade in Wadi Aqrav is unusually good (until the afternoon sun finds the inside).
Our team in the Wadi Aqrav cave, left to right: Stuart Chubb (Birkbeck College, London), Andrew Retzler (Wooster senior) and Micah Risacher (Wooster senior).
Excellent fossil echinoids we found today in the Menuha Formation. The one on the left is a regular echinoid (the sea urchin type); the one on the right is an irregular echinoid (the sea biscuit type).
Looking good – nobody looks too red yet! 😉
Bill Ausich would be very happy with these pictures. I was doing field work in Alabama this weekend and we met Richard Keyes. I will have to post some pictures so that you can see what we found. We were working in the Fort Payne Chert of Alabama and Tennessee.
Love to see the photos, Elyssa!
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