Birmingham Paleontological Society

Our speaker for July is Dr. George Phillips, Curator of Paleontology at the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science, who will speak on “What’s That Filter-Feeder Fouling My Fossil?" Hoover Public Library, Fitzgerald Room. Free and open to the public.

I want to start this trip report with a huge thank you to Tim for escorting the group on the first half of the trip and for patiently answering all of the questions.  We couldn’t have done it without you!!! 

The 2017 Fossil Teacher Workshop held jointly by the University of West Alabama and the Geologic Survey of Alabama In Dallas County, Alabama.  Students attended a lecture in the morning, then went into the field to learn about how to find and identify fossils.  BPS volunteers provided assistance setting up meals and materials, and support in the field.

Kilauea volcano is erupting near Puna, Hawaii, and Honolulu Civil Beat has set up a live camera in someone's back yard about 1/2 mile from fissures 20 and 17.  It's mesmerizing!  Their HST is 5 hou

Our speaker for June is Dr. Andy Rindsberg, Associate Professor of Environmental Geology and Paleontology at the University of West Alabama, who will speak on "Trace Fossils of Portugal." Hoover Public Library, Fitzgerald Room. Free and open to the public.

THIS SPEAKER HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER 2018.
Our speaker for May is Dr. Jason Heaton, professor of Biology at Birmingham Southern College.
Hoover Public Library, Fitzgerald Room, Downstairs. Business meeting at 7:00 pm, program at 7:30. Free and open to the public.

On March 31, thirteen BPS members and guests had the pleasure of visiting a working limestone quarry in Morgan County.  The weather was superb, the attendees were enthusiastic and the fossils were everywhere!  The fossils found were primarily Mississippian (Paleozoiz era).  Many crinoid stems and whole crinoids were found as well as

Our speaker for April is James Lamb, Director of the Black Belt Museum at the University of West Alabama who will speak on “Climate Change Throughout Geologic Time”.

Hoover Public Library, Fitzgerald Room, downstairs. Business meeting 7pm, program 7:30pm. Free and open to the public.

Dr. George Phillips of the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science in Jackson, Mississippi, held the 15th Annual Fossil Road Show, where various groups from around the south were invited to set up exhibits and help identify fossils.  The BPS exhibit showcased Alabama fossils,

For the February field trip, six stalwart fossil hunters ignored the gloomy forecast and journeyed through a storm front to a lovely Franklin County lake site.  As it turned out, the weather was perfectly suited to fossil hunting with partly sunny