Mike Goodson, author, journalist, storyteller, and avid shark tooth collector, will be our speaker for March.  His lecture is titled "In Search of Megalodon Sharks, Prehistoric To Present", and he will talk about the interesting quest for the giant Megalodon Shark tooth.  His impressive collection is on display at McWane Science Center near the paleo lab.  Come hear about these gia

Our speaker for February will be James Lamb, paleontologist at the University of West Alabama, who will present a lecture on "Fantastic, Freaky Fossils - the Deeply Weird World of Paleozoic Sharks".  This is an introduction to the type of sharks we will be finding on summer digs.   The program starts at 7pm, to be followed by our business meeting around 8pm.  Note: we will be meeting in a different room at McWane this month, the Rushton Theater. 

WHO: James Lamb, paleontologist, University of West Alabama

Due to various scheduling conflicts, the next meeting of the BPS will be Monday, January 16, 2012,
7-9 pm at the McWane Science Center in Birmingham, Alabama.  

This
will be a concurrent Annual Meeting, Directors Meeting, and
Regular Business meeting.  We will elect and install officers for 2012.  The Awards Committee
will be honoring numerous individuals for their various contributions
to the group, including hard work and memorable events.  No speaker for this meeting.

UPDATED: Tonight on The History Channel - American Pickers: Jurassic Pick - a 65 million year-old dinosaur bone is found.  George Phillips, Paleontology Curator at the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science will discuss the fossil find. 9:00pm eastern/8 central.  THIS EPISODE WILL AIR AGAIN ON SUNDAY DEC 4, 2011 .

Jun Ebersole, Collections Manager at McWane Science Center, will
present a lecture titled “Teeth: The Identification of Mammals from Archaeological and Fossil Sites” at the
Monday, December 5, 2011 meeting of the Birmingham
Paleontological Society.  Jun Ebersole is a paleoanthropologist who has
done extensive research of the mammals found in Alabama's Pleistocene

Our guest speaker will be Dr.  Sandy Ebersole, Geologist at the Geological Survey of Alabama will present a lecture on "Microstructure of Fossil Bone and Teeth".  Sandy has researched the fossils and rocks of Alabama for many years, and has done extensive research on the Ripley Formation.   Her field studies are compiled into Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and used to create