Walker
Spring, 2001 - Walker Co, AL
Submitted by admin2 on Fri, 06/01/2001 - 11:00pmBPS took several trips to an abandoned strip mine, where numerous nodules containing fern spore pods were found. This was on a trip with a visiting paleontologist.
March 5, 2001 - Press Release - Ancient Alabama Animal Tracks
Submitted by Ron Buta on Sun, 03/04/2001 - 11:00pmANCIENT ALABAMA ANIMAL TRACKS INSPIRE AMATEUR FOSSIL COLLECTORS
TO DOCUMENT FINDS
"The handprints, which include long, curving toes with easily-distinguished pads on the tips, are nearly as big as my own," exclaimed Dr. Jim Lacefield of Tuscumbia. "This was a huge beast. Although I had read that some amphibians reached rather large size in the Pennsylvanian, in all my collecting in Coal Age rocks in Alabama I have never seen any that were anywhere nearly this large," he said.
December 16, 2000 - Pennsylvanian Fossils, Walker Co, AL
Submitted by Ron Buta on Fri, 12/15/2000 - 11:00pm
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
The Union Chapel Mine is now known to be one of the best Lower Pennsylvanian track sites in North America. During December, the mine was in the process of reclamation, and the BPS returned one more time as a group to search for trackways among turned-over spoil piles in one of the most productive areas of the site. About 15 BPS members and several newcomers attended the field trip on a pleasant mid-December day.
April 30, 2000 - Pennsylvanian Fossils, Walker Co, AL
Submitted by Ron Buta on Sun, 04/30/2000 - 11:00pmUniversity of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
The New River Mine is a surface mine which was spotted by Jim Lacefield in early February this year, and shortly thereafter Jim and I scouted the site out. As expected, the site included plant fossils, but one difference compared to other sites that Jim noticed was an abundance of fossils of Artisia, the pith of the gymnospermous tree known as Cordaites. The only other sites where I have seen Artisia fossils are the Kimberly surface mine (see
March 19, 2000 - Pennsylvanian Fossils, Walker Co, AL
Submitted by Ron Buta on Sun, 03/19/2000 - 11:00pmDepartment of Physics and Astronomy
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
January 23, 2000 - Pennsylvanian Fossils, Walker Co, AL
Submitted by Ron Buta on Mon, 01/24/2000 - 11:00pmOn this first field trip of the first year of the new millennium (or the last year of the old millennium), the BPS had the pleasure of visiting a truly interesting surface mine in Walker County. The Union Chapel Mine is smaller than the Cedrum Mine we visited last month, but is located in the same general area. The field trip was attended by 11 "diehards" who
December 18, 1999 - Pennsylvanian Fossils, Walker Co, AL
Submitted by Ron Buta on Sun, 12/19/1999 - 11:00pm|
During this field trip, the BPS had the pleasure of returning to the Cedrum Surface Coal Mine near Jasper in Walker County, Alabama. Although we had visited this mine only a few months ago (see BPS field |
July 24, 1999 - Pennsylvanian Fossils - Walker Co, AL
Submitted by Ron Buta on Sat, 07/24/1999 - 11:00pmDepartment of Physics and Astronomy
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
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