Monthly Archives: July 2015

Wooster’s Fossil of the Week: A conulariid revisited (Lower Carboniferous of Indiana)

Mark Wilson July 31, 2015 12:04 am

This summer I’ve been updating some of the photos I placed in the Wikipedia system (check them out here, if you like; free to use for any purpose). I was especially anxious to replace a low-resolution image I had made … Continue reading →

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Glacier Bay 2015

gwiles July 30, 2015 11:21 am

Guest Blogger: Dan Misinay This summer Dr. Wiles, Nick, Jesse Wiles, and myself traveled to Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve. We spent our six days in upper Muir Inlet at Wolf Point. Our purpose this summer was to bridge … Continue reading →

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Wooster’s Fossil of the Week: A calcareous sponge from the Lower Cretaceous of England

Mark Wilson July 24, 2015 12:01 am

One of my favorite fossil localities is a gravel pit in Oxfordshire, England. Gravel pits are not usually good for fossil collecting given their coarse nature and high-energy deposition, but the Lower Cretaceous (Aptian) Faringdon Sponge Gravels are special. They … Continue reading →

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Team Columbia returns in high spirits with bountiful samples!

gwiles July 22, 2015 2:41 pm

Guest Bloggers: Maddie Happ and Kaitlin Starr (Girdwood, Alaska) Team Columbia is back from an exciting 8 days in the field.  Dr.Wiles, Nick Wiesenberg, Maddie Happ and Kaitlin Starr traveled via helicopter to Columbia Bay, Alaska beginning July 15th and … Continue reading →

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Wooster’s Fossil of the Week: A coiled nautiloid from the Middle Devonian of Ohio

Mark Wilson July 17, 2015 12:10 am

The above fossil is a nautiloid cut in cross-section, showing the large body chamber at the bottom and behind it to the left and above the phragmocone, or chambered portion of the conch (shell). It is a species of Goldringia … Continue reading →

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Wooster’s Fossil of the Week: A small lobster from the Lower Cretaceous of North Yorkshire, England

Mark Wilson July 10, 2015 12:25 am

Mae Kemsley (’16) found this little beauty during her Independent Study fieldwork last month on the Speeton Cliffs of North Yorkshire. It is Meyeria ornata (Phillips, 1829), a decapod of the lobster variety, from the Speeton Clay. It is relatively … Continue reading →

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Classifying the unknown: the lunar edition

mpollock July 7, 2015 3:00 pm

New York, NY – [Guest Blogger Annette Hilton] This summer I have the privilege of working and living in New York City at the American Museum of Natural History. I, along with several other students, have the opportunity to work … Continue reading →

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Inspiring young female scientists through B-WISER

mpollock July 6, 2015 6:05 pm

Wooster, OH – [Guest bloggers Chloe Wallace and Mary Reinthal] When thinking about geology, people tend to think first about rocks. We do love our rocks, preferably pillow basalts, but when Wooster’s campus hosted hundreds of young women science enthusiasts, … Continue reading →

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Wooster’s Fossils of the Week: An Upper Ordovician cave-dwelling bryozoan fauna and its exposed equivalents

Mark Wilson July 3, 2015 12:19 am

This week’s fossils were the subject of a presentation at the 2015 Larwood Symposium of the International Bryozoology Association in Thurso, Scotland, last month. Caroline Buttler, Head of Palaeontology at the National Museum Wales, Cardiff, brilliantly gave our talk describing … Continue reading →

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