A number of Birmingham attendees, including nine members and guests of BPS, made their way to the Anniston Museum of Natural History Thursday night to hear James Lamb speak on Alabama Dinosaurs. James is Curator of Paleontology at McWane Science Center in Birmingham, Alabama. After the lecture, we visited with the special exhibit "A T. rex Named Sue" then toured the rest of the museum. Sue is on loan from The Field Museum in Chicago through January 6, 2008.
Late Friday night, October 19th, the old familiar BPS website was retired, and the new, improved version was moved into production. The new BPS website uses a Content Management System to manage the pages and photos, and provides a means for members to easily and quickly post information on the site. The site now boasts a calendar to keep up with fossil related events, and a sneak preview o
Organization: Anniston Museum of Natural History
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Museum's Special Lecture Series Continues
Anniston, AL - Thursday, October 18, from 6-7:30pm, Anniston Museum will present the second in its Special Lecture Series in conjunction with the "A T. rex Named Sue" exhibit. Dr. James Lamb, vertebrate paleoecologist and Curator of Paleontology at McWane Science Center in Birmingham, will lecture on the dinosaurs of Alabama.
The Sea Monsters exhibit that opened at McWane Science Center on October 5, 2007 took many months of hard work by McWane Science Center employees and others. One afternoon of this months-long effort was captured on film, and is presented here for your enjoyment.
(photos courtesy Vicki and Chris Lais)
The new "Sea Monsters" exhibit opened October 5th at McWane Science Center and will run until sometime in the spring. BPS members and other friends of McWane Science Center were treated to a preview of the exhibit on October 4th, showcasing the paleontology department's new "ocean" exhibit featuring life size casts of Protostega (turtle), Clidastes (mosasaur), Pachyrhizodus (fish), Xiphactinus (XL fish), and Tylosaurus (mosasaur).
The fossil exhibit Sea Monsters is opening at McWane Science Center October 5, 2007.
In addition a new IMAX movie from National Geographic titled Sea Monsters, will also open at McWane October 5. Many of the creatures on exhibit are showcased in this IMAX movie.
BPS regular monthly
meetings
are held
on the 1st
Monday of each
month at the McWane Science Center.
Park in the deck on "Level C", go through doors marked Special Event
Center, and follow signs to meeting. The business meeting begins at
7:00, followed by the program around 7:45 or 8pm.
Members of the Birmingham Paleontological Society held a fossil exhibit at the Homewood Public Library from September 1 until September 30. On Sunday, September 30, an Open House was held for the public, which included refreshments, a short dinosaur movie, and best of all according to the kids, a sand pile where they could search for their very own fossils.
A trip to a quarry in the Mississippian age, Fort Payne chert was on the schedule for BPS' field trip in September. It was a beautiful day with a good turnout.
Last day of BPS exhibit "Fossils of Alabama" in the Ellenburg Art Gallery at the
Homewood Public Library. On September 30 from 2:30 - 4:00 there will be an Open House for the public, with
hands on fossil displays, light refreshments, and a "screening for fossils" sand pile to
find your own fossils.
