BPS members gathered in NW Alabama for a full weekend field-trip February 7 and 8. We couldn't have begged, pleaded or prayed for better weather! Since we were slogging through a great deal of mud culling for Mississippian fossils, the unseasonal warmth was a treat! Lots of conglomerate "collections" were found, featuring the remains of archimedes, brachiopods and crinoids.
The Animal Planet Network has scheduled a couple of interesting paleo related programs on Thursday, February 12. Check your listings for exact times in your area.
Prehistoric Park - T-rex
Thursday 7pm, and Friday 2am
Nigel Marven travels back to the Cretaceous Montana: his mission - to rescue Tyrannosaurus Rex. He coaxes two baby T-rex through the time portal and into the park. He names them Terence and Matilda.
The next regular meeting of the BPS is Monday, February 2, 2009, 7-9 pm at the McWane Science Center in Birmingham, Alabama. The
This month the group had a "Scouting Outing" to a new location in Walker county. An initial quick survey of the site a few days before turned up few fossils, so there was some concern about taking a group. We also planned for
If 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
The next meeting of the BPS will be Monday, January 5, 2009,
7-9 pm at the McWane Science Center in Birmingham, Alabama.
The speaker will be James Lamb, Curator of Paleontology at McWane Science Center.
Once again, BPS took a trip south to Dallas county, Alabama, to search in the extensive Cretaceous chalk gullies found there. This was our last gully trip of the season, since hunting season is about to start, so we were in a frantic hurry to collect the items we had previously flagged, and find as much as we could so it could be preserved, and not get washed down a gully, and potentially los
The next regular meeting of the BPS will be Monday, December 1, 2008, 7-9 pm at the McWane Science Center in Birmingham, Alabama.
The "Fossils of the Black Belt - A Hands-On Field Workshop" was a huge success! This fossil workshop was sponsored by the Geological Survey of Alabama, The University of West Alabama, and Discovering Alabama. Approximately 35 teachers from around the South arrived bright and early in Livingston, Alabama to learn about fossils and field geology. After a morning lecture, the group
The next regular meeting of the BPS will be Monday, November 3, 2008, 7-9 pm at the McWane Science Center in Birmingham, Alabama. Our speaker will be Dr. Mark Uhen, a paleontologist at the Alabama Museum of Natural History. Dr. Uhen's specialty is the evolution of cetaceans (whales and dolphins). His lecture is titled "Where Did Whales Come From?".
In October 2008, Dr. Uhen spoke on NPR's All Things Considered, on the topic "Legs Propelled Whale Ancestor".
