Tag Archives: Jurassic

National Museum Wales and its new dinosaur

Mark Wilson June 25, 2015 6:25 am

BRIDGEND, WALES (June 25, 2015) — On our last day in Wales, Tim had an errand at the National Museum Wales in Cardiff. We took the opportunity to visit their new dinosaur exhibit with the skeleton that had been collected … Continue reading →

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Wooster Geologist in Wales

Mark Wilson June 23, 2015 6:23 am

BRIDGEND, WALES (June 23, 2015) — My train journey yesterday was successful. It was close, but I made the four tight connections and arrived in Aberystwyth, Wales, from Thurso, Scotland, on schedule. It took 15 hours. My friend Tim Palmer … Continue reading →

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Last day of fieldwork on Filey Brigg in Yorkshire

Mark Wilson June 14, 2015 6:14 am

SCARBOROUGH, ENGLAND (June 14, 2015) — It was a drizzly, breezy, cold day on the outcrops, but Team Yorkshire finished measuring and collecting for Meredith Mann’s project on the Passage Beds Member of the Coralline Oolite Formation (Upper Jurassic, Oxfordian) … Continue reading →

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Rain delay in Yorkshire. Time for sample management.

Mark Wilson June 13, 2015 6:13 am

SCARBOROUGH, ENGLAND (June 13, 2015) — Our good fortune with the weather finally ended with a steady downpour this morning. Since it was during an advantageous tide, and I didn’t want us slipping around on wet intertidal boulders at Filey … Continue reading →

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Museum work and a castle visit in Scarborough

Mark Wilson June 11, 2015 6:11 am

SCARBOROUGH, ENGLAND (June 11, 2015) — It is always useful when doing paleontological fieldwork to visit the local museum to see what specimens they’ve curated over the years. Today Team Yorkshire explored the collections at the Scarborough Museums Trust Woodend … Continue reading →

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Another gorgeous day on the Yorkshire coast

Mark Wilson June 10, 2015 6:10 am

SCARBOROUGH, ENGLAND (June 10, 2015) — We certainly can’t complain about the weather for our fieldwork in Yorkshire this year. Today was spectacular with blue skies and cool sea breezes. It made the long beach hikes very pleasant. This was … Continue reading →

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Team Yorkshire chooses projects

Mark Wilson June 8, 2015 6:08 am

SCARBOROUGH, ENGLAND (June 8, 2015) — When we do field Independent Study projects in the Wooster Geology Department, we never know the exact topic until we’ve tested ideas on the actual outcrops. Today we did the last of our general … Continue reading →

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Speeton Cliffs and Filey Brigg on a fine English summer day

Mark Wilson June 7, 2015 6:07 am

SCARBOROUGH, ENGLAND (June 7, 2015) — This steep and muddy slope may not look like much, but it is the man exposure of the famous Speeton Clay, a Lower Cretaceous unit rich with fossils. Team Yorkshire started here (N 54.16654°, … Continue reading →

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Exploring the coast north of Scarborough

Mark Wilson June 6, 2015 6:06 am

SCARBOROUGH, ENGLAND (June 6, 2015) — Today Team Yorkshire got an early start this morning examining the Jurassic sections along the coast north of Scarborough. With Paul Taylor as our skilled English driver, we took the rental vehicle first to … Continue reading →

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Wooster’s Fossil of the Week: A Jurassic coral with beekite preservation from southern Israel

Mark Wilson May 8, 2015 12:42 am

This week’s fossil is again in honor of Annette Hilton (’17), now retired as my Sophomore Research Assistant this year. She has been assessing with great skill a large and diverse collection of scleractinian corals from the Matmor Formation in … Continue reading →

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