March 3, 2018 - Fossil Road Show, Jackson, MS
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February 24, 2018 - Mississippian Fossils, Franklin Co, Alabama
For the February field trip, six stalwart fossil hunters ignored the gloomy forecast and journeyed through a storm front to a lovely Franklin County lake site. As it turned out, the weather was perfectly suited to fossil hunting with partly sunny
March 5, 2018 BPS Program “A Rare Miocene Plant Fossil Site from Mississippi”
Our speaker for March is Dr. Brian Axsmith, Professor of Biology at the University of South Alabama. Dr. Axsmith will speak on “A Rare Miocene Plant Fossil Site from Mississippi.”
Hoover Public Library, Downstairs, Fitzgerald Room. Business meeting at 7 pm, program at 7:30 pm. Free and open to the public.
Date:
Monday, March 5, 2018 - 7:30pm
Fossil Road Show, Jackson MS March 3
The annual Fossil Road Show will be held in Jackson, MS at the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science. BPS will be one of the exhibitors. Professional paleontologists will be on hand to identify your unknown fossils and rocks. The speaker will be micropaleontologist Dr. Mark Puckett.
Date:
Saturday, March 3, 2018 - 10:00am to 3:00pm
February 5, 2018 BPS Program “Fossil Growth and Chemistry as Windows into Past Climate and Ecology.”
Our speaker for February is Dr. Fred Andrus, Professor of Geology and Department Chair in Geological Sciences at the University of Alabama. Dr. Andrus will speak on “Fossil Growth and Chemistry as Windows into Past Climate and Ecology.”
Hoover Public Library, Fitzgerald Room, downstairs. Business meeting starts at 7:00, program at 7:30pm. Free and open to the public
Date:
Monday, February 5, 2018 - 7:00pm to 9:00pm
November 11, 2017 - Cretaceous, Dallas County, Alabama
Last trip to the gullies before hunting season starts.
December 4, 2017 BPS Program “Ammonite Biology Revealed Through Shell Chemistry”
Our speaker for December is Dr. Tom Tobin, Assistant Professor in Geological Sciences at the University of Alabama. Dr. Tobin will discuss the geochemistry of ammonite fossils, and what they tell us about ammonite biology and life history. Hoover Public Library, Fitzgerald Room. Free and open to the public.
Date:
Monday, December 4, 2017 - 6:30pm to 7:30pm
October 11, 2017 - National Fossil Day in Tuscaloosa
The Alabama Museum of Natural History hosts an annual National Fossil Day event in the Grand Gallery. BPS set up an exhibit table, as did numerous groups from around the area.
November 6, 2017 BPS Program “Fossil Growth and Chemistry as Windows into Past Climate and Ecology.”
Our speaker for November is Dr. Fred Andrus, Professor of Geology and Department Chair in Geological Sciences at the University of Alabama. Dr. Andrus will speak on “Fossil Growth and Chemistry as Windows into Past Climate and Ecology.”
Hoover Public Library, Fitzgerald Room. Free and open to the public.
Date:
Monday, November 6, 2017 - 7:30pm