Birmingham Paleontological Society

Our speaker for September is James Lamb, Director of the Black Belt Museum at the University of West Alabama. Topic to be announced.
Hoover Public Library, Fitzgerald Room. Free and open to the public.

On Saturday, Aug 11, 2018, a small group of BPS members and guests traveled to Smith County, Mississippi where we were joined by our enthusiastic, knowledgeable host.  We were led to a small working lime quarry that featured, from the Oligocene, outcrops of Bucatunna clay, Glendon formation limestone and Marianna limestone.  The quarry process yielded specimens from the Mint Spring unit but the unit itself was underwater. 

Our speaker for August is Dr. Brad Deline, Associate Professor in Geosciences at the University of West Georgia.
Dr. Deline will speak on “Using new techniques to understand old fossils: Unraveling the mystery of coiling crinoid anal sacs."

Business meeting 7pm, program 7:30pm.

Hoover Public Library, Fitzgerald Room. Free and open to the public.

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