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August 16, 2008 - Cretaceous - Dallas and Perry Counties, Alabama
Submitted by admin2 on Sun, 10/12/2008 - 5:24pmDay 1 Friday Day 2 Saturday Day 3 Sunday
A weekend trip to the Cretaceous chalk gullies of Dallas County Alabama and a creek in Perry county turned up numerous fossils. Ancient creatures, including shark, turtle, mosasaur, ptychodus, fish, clam, and ammonite were found during the three day weekend trip.
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Submitted by admin2 on Sun, 07/06/2008 - 10:48pm
After a brief overview of the geology of the area, and a review of collecting and flagging procedures by James Lamb, the group headed out into the gullies.
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Submitted by admin2 on Sun, 07/06/2008 - 10:48pm
Numerous pieces of fossil turtle are scattered around this area.
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
May 19, 2007 - Cretaceous Fossils, Montgomery Co, AL
Submitted by Nancy Kenfield Lea on Sun, 05/20/2007 - 11:00pmAnother
hot day found the troops begging for a "water field trip" so we could
cool off. We had mixed feelings about
what we saw
when
we got there and found that drought conditions had virtually dried up
the creek-bed. On the other hand, a good deal more fossils
were exposed. This is our favorite spot for collecting
November 2, 2005 - Cretaceous Fossils, Sumter Co, AL
Submitted by Nancy Kenfield Lea on Fri, 11/04/2005 - 11:00pmAugust 20, 2005 - Eocene Fossils, Covington and Cretaceous Fossils, Montgomery Co, AL
Submitted by Vicki Lais on Mon, 08/22/2005 - 11:00pmWhat a
hot, humid day this was! According to weather
reports, the temperature hit 97 where we were collecting, and there was
virtually no shade. The first site we visited in
Covington county was a real dud, for multiple reasons. We
knew
there would be a "constant steady discharge" due to some future plans
at the
February 2, 2003 - Cretaceous Fossils, Lowndes Co, MS
Submitted by Vicki Lais on Sun, 02/02/2003 - 11:00pmThe January field trip
was held on February 2,
2003. BPS members collected in
the Selma Chalk formation in Lowndes
county Mississippi.. We
visited
several new sites where the group has never collected. Some
nice specimens were found, including a large fossil turtle bone, and numerous fossil shark
teeth.
(Photos courtesy Greg Mestler.)
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