Tag Archives: fossils

New paper: Early Silurian recovery of Baltica crinoids following the end-Ordovician extinctions (Llandovery, Estonia)

Mark Wilson November 16, 2019 6:27 pm

It has been an absolute delight to work with the crinoid master Bill Ausich of The Ohio State University. He is not only one of the world’s top paleontologists, he’s a great guy. Bill taught me all I know about … Continue reading →

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A new paper on a cryptic crustoid graptolite from the Middle Ordovician of Estonia

Mark Wilson October 7, 2019 4:04 pm

I have long enjoyed exploring the Ordovician and Silurian rocks of Estonia with my Estonian friend Olev Vinn. We have done a lot of work together, and Estonia continues to provide fascinating fossils for our studies. Our circle of paleontologists … Continue reading →

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A continental heat wave won’t stop Wooster Geologists …

Mark Wilson July 18, 2019 7:35 pm

… but it will slow us down! Today Nick Wiesenberg, our excellent departmental technician, and I took a short day trip to southeastern Indiana to collect fossils for my upcoming Paleoecology course. It was in the middle of what may … Continue reading →

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A Wooster Geologist has a great time in Central Europe

Mark Wilson June 23, 2019 1:26 pm

This month I had the privilege (and generous funding from a Luce Award) to attend the 18th Conference of the International Bryozoology Association in Liberec, Czech Republic. I was also able to participate in the pre conference field trip which began in … Continue reading →

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18th Conference of the International Bryozoology Association. Liberec, Czech Republic.

Mark Wilson June 22, 2019 6:16 am

Liberec, Czech Republic — This small Czech city is our base for the 18th Conference of the International Bryozoology Association. Kamil Zágoršek is again our hard-working host. Above is the Liberec Town Hall. Liberec has a deep history, which was … Continue reading →

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A visit to the Devonian of the Czech Republic. And then Prague, of course.

Mark Wilson June 15, 2019 6:15 am

Liberec, Czech Republic — Today the IBA field party visited the Koněprusy area, including the Koněprusy Caves. Inexplicably I took no pictures, probably because I was trying not to bump my head in the wet and narrow passageways. Nearby is … Continue reading →

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Into a bit of the Czech Cretaceous

Mark Wilson June 14, 2019 6:14 am

Beroun, Czech Republic — Today the International Bryozoology Association pre-conference field party visited a fascinating quarry near Chrtníky, Czech Republic. Ordovician diabase is mined here for road gravel and other industrial uses. This rock was uplifted and exposed during the … Continue reading →

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A new paper has appeared: A rugose coral – bryozoan association from the Lower Devonian of NW Spain.

Mark Wilson June 14, 2019 12:08 am

I’m proud to be an author with my two Spanish colleagues, Consuelo Sendino and Juan Luis Suárez Andrés, of a paper just out in the latest issue of Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (we call it “Palaeo-cubed”). I’ll let the abstract tell … Continue reading →

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A Wooster Geologist at Austerlitz and other Czech places

Mark Wilson June 13, 2019 6:13 am

Olomouc, Czech Republic –At our very first site, Holubice in the Czech Republic, the Miocene celliporid bryozoans are like baseballs. The site is in the middle of a vineyard, with the fossils eroding out of the loose sediment at our … Continue reading →

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Wooster Geologist in Slovakia and Austria

Mark Wilson June 12, 2019 6:12 am

Mikulov, Czech Republic — We have been very fortunate with the weather on our long IBA field excursion. Dazzling sunlit days and relatively cool evenings. Above is our first stop of the day — the Sandberg site with Miocene fossils … Continue reading →

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