Monthly Archives: April 2014

Cretaceous echinoderms are today’s stars

Mark Wilson April 8, 2014 11:32 am

MITZPE RAMON, ISRAEL–There’s a joke in the title, in case you didn’t notice! I was on my own for my second day of fieldwork in southern Israel. I revisited yesterday’s outcrops of the Upper Cretaceous (Coniacian) Zichor Formation, taking more … Continue reading →

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A Triassic afternoon in southern Israel

Mark Wilson April 8, 2014 10:36 am

MITZPE RAMON, ISRAEL–This afternoon I walked through the spectacular Middle Triassic sections in Wadi Gevanim on the southern side of the Makhtesh Ramon structure. I will be on a fantastic trip this Thursday to a little-visited Triassic section farther south, … Continue reading →

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A Wooster Geologist is finally warm enough

Mark Wilson April 7, 2014 11:58 am

MITZPE RAMON, ISRAEL–When I left Wooster on Saturday morning it was 34°F and overcast. It was sunny and an astonishing 84°F when I arrived in Tel Aviv on Sunday afternoon. That additional 50 degrees felt very good indeed after a … Continue reading →

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Wooster’s Fossil of the Week: A brontothere jaw fragment (Miocene of South Dakota)

Mark Wilson April 6, 2014 1:59 am

This fossil has been sitting in a glass case outside my office door for nearly three decades. Only this year — in the desire to find more Fossils of the Week — did I bother to open the cabinet and … Continue reading →

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