mosasaur
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
May 22, 2004 - Cretaceous Fossils, Sumter Co, AL
Submitted by Vicki Lais on Sat, 05/22/2004 - 11:00pmAnother boat trip, this
time in Sumter
county, at a river site with huge chalk bluffs.
(The lake
level at the Demopolis Lock was 74.28 feet above sea level).
The
fossils we collected are from the marl limestone sequences in the
Arcola Limestone
Member (Late Cretaceous Campanian 83-74 mya). Last year, Dr.
April 17, 2004 - Cretaceous and Pleistocene Fossils, Greene Co, AL
Submitted by Vicki Lais on Sat, 04/17/2004 - 11:00pm This creek site
in Greene
County,
AL is characterized by large quantities of pea gravel, filled with
numerous shark teeth, and the occasional mosasaur vertebra.
Going
east
along the creek one is in Pleistocene age material, while going west
moves
one through an area of Mooreville Chalk (Cretaceous).
A number of teeth from the Goblin shark and crow shark were found by all. (See the July, 2003 trip report for details on these sharks, and more on the geology of this site.)
(Photos
A number of teeth from the Goblin shark and crow shark were found by all. (See the July, 2003 trip report for details on these sharks, and more on the geology of this site.)
(Photos
November 22, 2003 - Dallas Co, AL
Submitted by Vicki Lais on Sat, 11/22/2003 - 11:00pmThis month BPS did several stops in Dallas
County. None of the
sites were prolific, but each site was easily accessible. At
our
first stop, a mosausaur bone had been discovered on the scouting trip,
so Steve and Greg spent most of their time excavating the bones on top
that were weathering. Three bones were collected, though it
appears
May 31, 2003 - Cretaceous Fossils, Greene Co, AL
Submitted by Vicki Lais on Sat, 05/31/2003 - 11:00pmBPS visited a new Cretaceous location in Greene
County. First was a very interesting drive and hike through a
pasture
of high grass. Once we got to the creek, walking was easy,
and
numerous
shark teeth were found in the sand and gravel bars. The creek
was
very clean, and filled with pea gravel. We found that doing
surface
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