Walker

This month BPS spent our field trip exploring road cuts along a new highway, which included 10+ stops to survey various likely looking areas. Though rain was widely predicted, it didn't happen, and the weather was perfect for being outside. The fossil collecting wasn't as prolific as expected, but everyone found quite a few nice specimens, including brachiopods, tracks, and ferns. We also discovered an upright hole that appeared on first glance to be a blasting hole, but on closer examination one could see the impression of a lycopod, perhaps a lepidodendron.

July 31, 2005 - Pennsylvanian Fossils, Walker Co, AL

Submitted by Vicki Lais on Mon, 08/01/2005 - 11:00pm

Alabama›Walker

BPS members visited a new site this month in Walker county. A starfish had been discovered on the scouting trip, so the group was hoping to find more specimens. This roadcut exposed Pennsylvanian shale which contained a small amount of plant material, including impressions and casts, and a layer containing several nice slabs of starfish

August 24, 2002 - Walker Co, AL

Submitted by Vicki Lais on Sat, 08/24/2002 - 11:00pm

Alabama›Walker

This month, BPS members collected at a Walker County strip mine.

July 3, 2002 - UCM Press Release

Submitted by admin2 on Tue, 07/02/2002 - 11:00pm

Alabama›Walker

Pennsylvanian

trackways

Press Release

WORLD-CLASS FOSSIL DISCOVERY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA

Just prior to the July 4th holiday last week, U.S. Representative Robert Aderholt (District 4) visited an extraordinary fossil discovery just northwest of Birmingham in Walker County. Hosting Rep. Aderholt and his aide Bill Harris in a tour of the site were members of the Birmingham Paleontological Society (BPS), a local amateur fossil group, and a number of professional geologists and paleontologists who have participated in studying the fossils that have been recovered so far from the site.

April 14, 2002 - Walker Co, AL

Submitted by Vicki Lais on Sun, 04/14/2002 - 11:00pm

Alabama›Walker

Once again, BPS members visited a coal mine in Walker County, Alabama, where many varieties of plant fossils were found.

March 23, 2002 - Walker Co, AL

Submitted by Vicki Lais on Fri, 03/22/2002 - 11:00pm

Alabama›Jefferson

Alabama›Walker

BPS members visited a private museum owned by one of our newest members - wonderful specimens, as he has worked around mines most of his life. Then we went to Taft Coal mine in Walker County, Alabama for collecting.