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An outcrop Dr. Judge would love (Upper Cretaceous of southern Israel)

Mark Wilson July 5, 2013 10:59 am

MITZPE RAMON, ISRAEL–Wooster Geologists Oscar Mmari’s Independent Study project on the Late Cretaceous phosphorites in the Negev has become multidimensional. His most interesting section is in Wadi Hawarim, where we returned today with Yoav Avni for additional observations and measurements. … Continue reading →

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Phosphate success while Jurassic bryozoans remain elusive

Mark Wilson July 4, 2013 11:09 am

MITZPE RAMON, ISRAEL–Oscar Mmari celebrated on his second outcrop today the completion of his stratigraphic columns for his project on the phosphate-bearing portions of the Mishash Formation in the Negev of southern Israel. It is certainly the least pretty section … Continue reading →

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A long, hot day with Cretaceous phosphorites in the Negev

Mark Wilson July 3, 2013 2:18 pm

MITZPE RAMON, ISRAEL–This was one of Oscar’s big field days. He is shown above at his first exposure of the phosphatic zone of the Mishash Formation (Campanian, Upper Cretaceous) exposed at Wadi Hawarim (N 30.84423°, E 34.75742°). We see here … Continue reading →

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Fossil collecting under a desert sun

Mark Wilson July 2, 2013 10:52 am

MITZPE RAMON, ISRAEL–Today the Wooster Geologists in Israel collected fossils from the Matmor Formation in Makhtesh Gadol. It was time to begin assembling data for Lizzie Reinthal’s and Steph Bosch’s Independent Study projects, and to follow up on some projects … Continue reading →

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Field reconnaissance in the northern Negev of Israel

Mark Wilson July 1, 2013 2:20 pm

MITZPE RAMON, ISRAEL–This morning Team Israel 2013 met our friend Yoav Avni, a geologist with the Geological Survey of Israel (GSI), and we traveled north to our field localities. We did a survey of the sites so that we could … Continue reading →

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Wooster Geologists return to the Negev

Mark Wilson June 30, 2013 11:13 am

MITZPE RAMON, ISRAEL–These are the shining faces of Team Israel 2013 of the Wooster Geology program. From the left is wind-challenged Lizzie Reinthal (’14) from Ohio, Oscar Mmari (’14) from Tanzania, and Steph Bosch (’14) from Pennsylvania (and soon to … Continue reading →

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Wooster’s Fossils of the Week: Mosasaurid teeth from the Cretaceous of Morocco

Mark Wilson June 30, 2013 1:04 am

These impressive teeth are from the mosasaurid Prognathodon and were found in the Upper Cretaceous phosphorites near Khouribga, Morocco. They are not actually a matching set — I just arranged them to look fearsome. (Prognathodon lutigi from the Upper Cretaceous … Continue reading →

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Wooster’s Fossil of the Week: A barnacle-bored belemnite from the Jurassic of Spain

Mark Wilson June 23, 2013 1:11 am

Two subjects of previous Fossil of the Week posts are combined together here: a belemnite (the elegant Hibolites hastatus) and barnacle borings (the ichnofossil Rogerella). This specimen is from the Jurassic of Moneva Teruel, Spain. Belemnites are extinct cephalopods, oddly … Continue reading →

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Congratulations Team Utah!

mpollock June 20, 2013 12:08 am

UTAH – Congratulations to Team Utah on completing a successful field season! Although we’re parting ways, the students will be working on the research. They have plenty of data to analyze and lab work to do, so continue following the … Continue reading →

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The 16th Conference of the International Bryozoology Association

Mark Wilson June 17, 2013 1:33 am

CATANIA, SICILY, ITALY–The IBA meeting has now ended and, as this is posted, I should be winging my way home across the Atlantic. It was a fantastic experience. This is a unique organization, of which I’m now proud to be … Continue reading →

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