May 16, 2009 - Cretaceous Fossils, Sumter County, AL
Old hands as well as new joined up early on Saturday morning for a trip to some great Cretaceous gully sites in West Alabama. Dr. John Hall and Dr.
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June 1, 2009 BPS meeting
The next regular meeting of the BPS is Monday, June 1, 2009, 7-9 pm at the McWane Science Center in Birmingham, Alabama. The speaker will be Dr. Fred Andrus. His title for the lecture is "Sclerochronology: Fossil records of ecology, climate, and environment". He is an assistant professor in the department of geological sciences in Tuscaloosa.
Dr. Andrus research interests:
Date:
Monday, June 1, 2009 - 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Google honors Paleontology
Check out the Google Search site for today, May 20, 2009 - In honor of the finding of the Missing Link to humans, published in numerous places on the web, Google has honored paleontology with a special banner on their search page. For more details of this fossil find, see this research article titled "Complete Primate Skeleton from the Middle Eocene of Messel in Germany: Morphology and Paleobiology" published in PLoS ONE.
February 21, 2009 - Pennsylvanian Fossils, Bibb Co, AL
Well, sometimes things happen unexpectedly. A call on Monday to the landowner to schedule a field trip for March. Well, actually he said, the site is ready to be reclaimed. Next week. Can you come this Saturday? Well .
BPS Meeting May 4, 2009
The next regular meeting of the BPS is Monday, May 4, 2009, 7-9 pm at the McWane Science Center in Birmingham, Alabama. The speaker will be James Lamb, Paleontologist at McWane Science Center. His lecture tonight will be "Which Came First, the Chicken or the Egg: The Fossil History of Birds".
Free parking, enter the McWane parking deck from 2nd Ave. NORTH and proceed to yellow level "C". Enter door marked "Special Events" and turn left to the large auditorium.
Date:
Monday, May 4, 2009 - 7:00pm
February 8, 2009 - Cane Creek Canyon Preserve, Colbert Co, AL
Sunday was spent hiking in the Cane Creek Canyon Preserve. Pictures are below.
Photos courtesy Nancy Lea and Vicki Lais.
BPS Meeting April 6, 2009
The next regular meeting of the BPS is Monday, April 6, 2009, 7-9
pm at the McWane Science Center in Birmingham, Alabama.
Free
parking, enter the McWane parking deck from 2nd Ave. NORTH and proceed
to yellow level "C". Enter door marked "Special Events" and turn left
to the large auditorium.
Date:
Monday, April 6, 2009 - 7:00pm
James Lamb Begins Blogging
McWane Science Center started a blog several months ago, and their paleontologist, James Lamb, will be contributing on a regular basis. His first blog entry is titled "Giant Snake Myths and Other Tall Tails". As they become available, BPS will provide links to these blogs in the
BPS Meeting March 7, 2009
NEW DATE, TIME, AND LOCATION FOR MARCH BUSINESS MEETING
Date:
Saturday, March 7, 2009 - 2:00pm
March 2, 2009 meeting RESCHEDULED to March 7, 2009
CHANGE IN DATE AND LOCATION
See March 7, 2009 for details.
Date:
Monday, March 2, 2009 - 7:00pm