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March 21, 2020 - Pennsylvanian, Jefferson, AL
Submitted by Ann Strozier on Mon, 03/23/2020 - 8:36pmOn Saturday, March 21, 2020, a baker’s dozen members and guests of BPS went to a site that we’d never visited. A tip from a member’s neighbor and a scouting outing was awarded by permission to collect in a strip mine in Jefferson County. The spoil piles that held fossils were from the Pennsylvanian period – Coal Age fossils that were formed as warm moist coastal swamps gave way to periodic flooding and sedimentation during continental drift changes. Interestingly, similarities between Pennsylvanian coal deposits in the Black Warrior Basin and those in South America indicate that they wer
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Submitted by admin2 on Mon, 04/14/2008 - 1:08amJune 21, 2003 - Carboniferous Fossils, Jefferson Co, AL
Submitted by Ron Beerman on Mon, 06/23/2003 - 11:00pmBPS members visited 2 areas of new road development and a small quarry in Jefferson County this month, making 3 stops total. We had not visited these locations before, so were not sure how prolific the sites would be.
(Photos courtesy Greg Mestler, Ron Beerman, and Vicki Lais.)
At stop #1, several brachiopods and a couple of slabs with small amphibian track prints were found.