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Limestones, basalts, the wine-dark sea and the brooding volcano

mwilson June 16, 2013 3:51 pm

CATANIA, SICILY, ITALY–Today we had our last field trip associated with the 2013 International Bryozoology Conference. We traveled to the east coast of Sicily at Castelluccio, which is south of Catania and north of Syracuse. The weather could not have … Continue reading →

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Wooster’s Fossil of the Week: A sawfish rostral tooth from the Upper Cretaceous of Morocco

mwilson June 16, 2013 1:00 am

More fossil fish teeth this week. This impressive, barbed tooth is from the ancient chondrichthyan sawfish Onchopristis numidus (Haug, 1905). It was found in the Tegana Formation (Cenomanian, Upper Cretaceous) near Kem Kem, Morocco (and is yet another contribution from … Continue reading →

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Serious Geologizing in Utah

mpollock June 13, 2013 11:28 pm

UTAH – Team Utah has been seriously geologizing in the Ice Springs Volcanic Field over the past two days. Here’s a photo-journal of the crew at work.  

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A visit to ancient Syracuse

mwilson June 12, 2013 11:51 pm

CATANIA, SICILY, ITALY–One of the treats of many small scientific meetings, like the International Bryozoology Association conference I am attending now, is that we can have a variety of short field trips for all participants. Today we packed into two … Continue reading →

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Scientific Outreach in Iceland

mpollock June 12, 2013 11:43 pm

ICELAND – Team Iceland is nearly ready to return to the states, but not before we share what we’ve learned with the Icelandic community. Our home-away-from-home, the Hraunbyrgi guesthouse, is also home for the Hafnarfjörður scouts. To celebrate the end of … Continue reading →

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Team Utah Version 2.0

mpollock June 11, 2013 10:44 pm

UTAH – Field work has officially begun for Team Utah, Version 2.0. The team consists of three Wooster seniors (Kyle Burden ’14, Cam Matesich ’14, Candy Thornton, ’14) and two Wooster sophomores (Adam Silverstein ’16, Michael Williams ’16). Tricia Hall … Continue reading →

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Sediments, fossils and vistas at the Capo Milazzo Peninsula, Sicily

mwilson June 9, 2013 1:51 pm

CATANIA, SICILY, ITALY–This was the last day of our International Bryozoology Association pre-conference field trip through Sicily. We had an excellent time and covered an extraordinary amount of territory on this large Mediterranean island. We started our final day on … Continue reading →

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Wooster’s Fossil (and Mineral) of the Week: Marcasite worm burrows from Bolivia

mwilson June 9, 2013 1:41 am

Here’s a type of fossil I’ve never seen: worm burrow casts made entirely of the mineral marcasite. These come from the George Chambers (’79) gift collection, so we know only that they were found in Bolivia. Despite the lack of … Continue reading →

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Return to the Pliocene at Altavilla Milicia, Sicily

mwilson June 8, 2013 11:58 pm

Our last stop of the day on the IBA field trip was to a classic fossil locality on the north coast of Sicily about an hour east of Palermo. These are fine sandstones and marls preserving a diverse array of … Continue reading →

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A Phoenician island city and its lagoon

mwilson June 8, 2013 11:56 pm

MILAZZO, SICILY, ITALY–The pre-conference field trip of the International Bryozoology Association has now almost completely circled Sicily. We are in the far northeastern corner of the island on a rocky cape jutting into the sea towards mainland Italy. The drive … Continue reading →

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