shark teeth
June 13-14, 2009 - Cretaceous and Tertiary Fossils, Butler Co, AL
Submitted by admin2 on Mon, 08/17/2009 - 9:57pmThis month the group traveled to Butler County, Alabama, to a sandy creek which runs through early Tertiary and late Cretaceous material. The weather was overcast on Saturday, making collecting very pleasant. A number of members camped out for the weekend. Sunday the sun was out, and it made us grateful for the cloud cover on Saturday!
The sandy beaches and gravel areas yielded up shark teeth, ray teeth, some nautiloid sections, and recent mammal material which was sometimes as fasinating as the fossils.
July 11, 2009 - Cretaceous Fossils, Greene Co, AL
Submitted by admin2 on Mon, 08/03/2009 - 2:17pmBPS members and guests headed down to Greene county, Alabama for our July trip. This site is a creek covered with pea gravel - making screening for shark teeth and other fossils quite difficult. However, most found it fairly easy to spot the fossils lying on top of the gravel. Numerous shark teeth were found, a couple of mosasaur teeth, several ptychodus teeth, a gar vertebra and tooth, c
April 11, 2009 - Mississippian Fossils, Morgan Co, AL
Submitted by Ron Beerman on Sun, 06/07/2009 - 11:00pmOn 11 April, BPS visited a quarry in Morgan county. After signing in and filling out all the release forms we were escorted to the dig site. The quarry contains limestone, and the fossils found were primarily from the Mississippian Period of the Paleozoic Era.
May 16, 2009 - Cretaceous Fossils, Sumter County, AL
Submitted by Nancy Kenfield Lea on Mon, 06/01/2009 - 1:22amOld hands as well as new joined up early on Saturday morning for a trip to some great Cretaceous gully sites in West Alabama. Dr. John Hall and Dr.
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Submitted by admin2 on Mon, 06/01/2009 - 12:47am
A collection of teeth, including shark and enchodus, along with an internal mold of a gastropod.
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
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Submitted by admin2 on Mon, 12/01/2008 - 12:14am
Squalicorax on left, Cretolamna appendiculata on right
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Submitted by admin2 on Sun, 11/30/2008 - 10:56pm
Shark teeth and a couple of enchodus teeth
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Submitted by admin2 on Sun, 11/09/2008 - 10:41pm
Some echinoids and shark teeth from Vicki's bag.
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