gastropod
July 21, 2007 - Cretaceous Fossils, Greene Co, AL
Submitted by Nancy Kenfield Lea on Sat, 07/21/2007 - 11:00pmA
very large group of 31 people showed up for the July BPS
trip to Greene
county. Thanks to James Lamb, our trip leader this time, we
visited some Cretaceous sites that we have not visited for at least 10
years, so we were all pretty excited. The first site was a
chalk gully which has produced nice mosasaur
April 21, 2007 - Cretaceous and Tertiary Fossils, Butler Co, AL
Submitted by Bob Stewart on Tue, 04/24/2007 - 11:00pmThe
April field
trip took us to Butler County where a creek has cut through
early
Tertiary and late Cretaceous sediments. Once again
as with
last months field trip to Green County we had some of the best spring
weather Alabama can offer, with the temperature reaching a pleasant 76
degrees.
Everyone met at a central location, and a brief introduction to the geology of the area was given before driving about 12 more miles to the entrance to the site. While past trips to
Everyone met at a central location, and a brief introduction to the geology of the area was given before driving about 12 more miles to the entrance to the site. While past trips to
August 19-20, 2006 - Cretaceous Fossils, Lowndes Co, AL
Submitted by Nancy Kenfield Lea on Thu, 08/24/2006 - 11:00pmOnce again BPS was out in the boonies with the
ATV’s! Greg even
brought his own ride this trip. Go, Greg! Gorgeous
weather, good turn-out. Sandy Ebersole, a
new BPS
member from the Geological Survey of Alabama, was interested in
examining the formation to determine if it is part of the same Ripley
Formation she is studying at Coon Creek in Tennessee. Sandy
and
June 03, 2006 - Paleocene Fossils, Clarke and Wilcox Co, AL
Submitted by Vicki Lais on Mon, 06/05/2006 - 11:00pmToday BPS went way down south to Clarke County,
Alabama. We were
quite excited because this was a new site Steve found, and we were
chomping at the bit, ready to go. We found a good variety of
bivalves and gastropods, a few shark teeth and ray teeth. The
most numerous fossil we found is Flabellum
cuneiforme pachyphyllum, a type of
November 2, 2005 - Cretaceous Fossils, Sumter Co, AL
Submitted by Nancy Kenfield Lea on Fri, 11/04/2005 - 11:00pmOctober 1, 2005 - Cretaceous and Tertiary Fossils, Butler Co, AL
Submitted by Nancy Kenfield Lea on Tue, 10/04/2005 - 11:00pmSome
Hardy
Souls headed down to Butler
County, Alabama with an overnight campout
in mind. Great weather, hot, dry, made getting to the site a
breeze. The Hardy Souls set up camp and settled into our
tents,
anticipating a great day of hunting. We fell asleep serenaded
by
the sweet sounds of coyotes howling. Around midnight, more
May 21, 2005 - Cretaceous Fossils, Montgomery Co, AL
Submitted by Vicki Lais on Fri, 05/20/2005 - 11:00pmThis
month, BPS members headed to Montgomery county to collect in the
late Cretaceous. Another beautiful day for being in the
woods,
and playing in a creek. This year, the creek was down, way
down,
so moving from shore to shore was much easier than our last
trip.
A number of nice echinoids and ammonites were found, a variety of
April 23, 2005 - Cretaceous Fossils, Sumter Co, AL
Submitted by Vicki Lais on Fri, 04/22/2005 - 11:00pmAnother
wonderful day on the river! Weather forecast called
for a
cold front to come in, but we were far enough south to enjoy very nice
weather. The river had risen 10-15 feet since the scouting
crew
checked it out the previous week, and much of our collecting area was
under water. The collection area is in the marl limestone
sequences in the
October 23, 2004 - Cretaceous Fossils, Tuscaloosa and Hale Co, AL
Submitted by Nancy Kenfield Lea on Tue, 10/26/2004 - 11:00pmOctober
saw the troops
headed to Hale
county, AL to a favorite creek. After meeting at a rest area,
we
headed South to Tuscaloosa where we made a stop at the Museum of
Natural History on the University campus. Great fossil
collections as well as a fun exhibit of bugs and bats caught
everybody's interest. We were delighted to see that
the
August 28, 2004 - Cretaceous Fossils, Butler Co, AL
Submitted by Vicki Lais on Sun, 08/29/2004 - 11:00pmAugust
found the group once
again at a
Butler County, Alabama site. A
number of gastropods, nautiloids, shark teeth, turritella, and broken
pieces of pottery were found on this private property which has become
one of our favorite spots.
(Photos courtesy Vicki Lais)
One of the first items found. Forgot to put a scale in the photo,
(Photos courtesy Vicki Lais)
One of the first items found. Forgot to put a scale in the photo,
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