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Welcome to BPS !

Tue, 09/24/2002 - 11:00pm by admin

If you're looking for Alabama fossils, this is the place to come!

Tombigbee river, brooksella, ammonite, 4 wheeling in Lowndes county, jacketing a dinosaur skull.

Exciting field trips, educational programs on paleontology and geology, and interesting people to meet! No prior knowledge required, just a desire to learn and a love of fossils and the outdoors. Professionals and novices of all ages are welcome.

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June 14, 2025 - Cretaceous, Lee and Pontotoc Counties, MS

Sun, 07/06/2025 - 2:47pm by admin2

Three sites were visited in northern Mississippi.  Site 1 featured the Prairie Bluff and Chiwapa Sandstone (Ripley) formations.  Echinoids and decapods were found in the Chiwapa Sandstone in Pontotoc county.

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June 28, 2025 - Cretaceous, Greene County, AL

Sun, 07/06/2025 - 12:32pm by Ricky Mims

Alabama has gotten a lot of rain lately, with that said...  Saturday turned out to be a good day to fossil hunt!

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July 7, 2025 - BPS Program - Dr. Julie Retrum

Our speaker for July is Dr. Julie Retrum,  a professor in the Geology department at University of Mississippi.  Her presentation will be about her dinosaur dig with the Burpee Museum, and her current research.
 
The program begins at 7:00, followed by the business meeting at 8:00 pm.  Hoover Public Library, downstairs, Fitzgerald Conference Room. Free and open to the public.
Date: 
Monday, July 7, 2025 - 7:00pm to 8:45pm
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April 19, 2025 - Cretaceous, Dallas County, Alabama

Mon, 05/05/2025 - 12:58pm by Christian Braswell

This month's field trip was to Dallas County, Alabama to a fossil site known as Harrell Station!  This University of Alabama owned site is located in the Black Belt region of Alabama where the chalky Late Cretaceous rock laye
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June 2, 2025 - BPS Program - Speaker: Dr. Max Pizarro

Our speaker for June is Dr. Max Pizarro, Lab Coordinator, School of Engineering (Geology and Geological Engineering) at the University of Mississippi.  His program is entitled:  Volcanology and Geocommunication: A glimpse into the life and job of a volcanologist.
 
The program begins at 7:00, followed by the business meeting at 8:00 pm.  Hoover Public Library, downstairs, Theatre Conference Room. Free and open to the public.
 
Date: 
Monday, June 2, 2025 - 7:00pm
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May 5, 2025 BPS Program - Speaker: TBA

Our speaker for May is TBA

The program begins at 7:00, followed by the business meeting at 8:00 pm.  Hoover Public Library, downstairs, Fitzgerald Conference Room. Free and open to the public.

Date: 
Monday, May 5, 2025 - 7:00pm
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April 7, 2025 BPS Program - Speaker: Chase Egli

Our speaker for March is Chase Egli, a Geology grad student currently working on his masters.  Chase is well known for his expertise in sharks.

The program begins at 7:00, followed by the business meeting at 8:00 pm.  Hoover Public Library, downstairs, Fitzgerald Conference Room. Free and open to the public.

Date: 
Monday, April 7, 2025 - 7:00pm
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March 8, 2025 - Pennsylvanian - Jefferson Co, Alabama

Sun, 04/06/2025 - 1:34pm by admin2

BPS members visited a new Pennsylvanian site in Jefferson County, where mostly coal age plant fossils were found, including stigmaria, lepidodendron, and some other bark patterns.  The weather was absolutely perfect; we couldn'

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March 3, 2025 BPS Program – Speaker: Christina Robins

Our speaker for March is Dr. Christina Robins, a geoscientist at UA, and the world expert on fossil squat lobsters.  Her program will be:  "Crossroads of Land and Sea: Fieldwork Stories and Fossil Finds from the Panama Canal Expansion Project"

The program begins at 7:00, followed by the business meeting at 8:00 pm.  Hoover Public Library, downstairs, Fitzgerald Conference Room. Free and open to the public.

Date: 
Monday, March 3, 2025 - 7:00pm to 8:45pm
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Jun 2025

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