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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
February 24, 2018 - Mississippian Fossils, Franklin Co, Alabama
Submitted by Ann Strozier on Mon, 02/26/2018 - 11:22amFor the February field trip, six stalwart fossil hunters ignored the gloomy forecast and journeyed through a storm front to a lovely Franklin County lake site. As it turned out, the weather was perfectly suited to fossil hunting with partly sunny
March 5, 2011 - Mississippian Fossils, Franklin Co, AL
Submitted by admin2 on Sun, 03/06/2011 - 12:05amOkay, how many of you let a 90% chance of rain stop you from coming on the field trip?
Six of us showed up to hunt fossils in spite of the predictions of 90% rain over the entire south. The weather report was correct this time! It didn't rain on the way there, lulling us into believing it would hold off most of the day.
With such a small group we decided to go to a location where we have not been in several years. This location has a very poor road with large potholes, not much room to park, and a short hike to get to the lake.
November 1-2, 2008 - Cretaceous and Tertiary Fossils - Butler County
Submitted by admin2 on Sun, 01/04/2009 - 6:34pmIf you wanted a day/weekend out in the woods, you couldn't have custom-ordered more perfect weather or a more perfect spot to enjoy the outdoors. A small group of BPS’ers set out for Butler County to a site owned by a member’s relatives. They kindly let us in there at least once a year and a big THANK YOU goes out to them from BPS. We use the word “intrepid” a lot to describ
December 16, 2006 - Mississippian & Ordovician Fossils, Jefferson Co, AL
Submitted by Nancy Kenfield Lea on Sun, 12/17/2006 - 11:00pmJune 03, 2006 - Paleocene Fossils, Clarke and Wilcox Co, AL
Submitted by Vicki Lais on Mon, 06/05/2006 - 11:00pmOctober 23, 2004 - Cretaceous Fossils, Tuscaloosa and Hale Co, AL
Submitted by Nancy Kenfield Lea on Tue, 10/26/2004 - 11:00pm