Fossils of the Black Belt - A Hands-On Field Workshop
UPDATE - The workshop will begin at 9AM instead of 8AM.
Date:
Tuesday, October 19, 2010 - 8:00am
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BPS Meeting October 4, 2010
The next regular meeting of the BPS is Monday, October 4, 2010,
7-9 pm
at
the McWane Science Center in Birmingham, Alabama.
Free
parking; Enter the The McWane Science Center parking deck from 2nd Ave.
North, proceed to yellow level "C", enter the door marked "Special
Events" and bear to the left.
Date:
Monday, October 4, 2010 - 5:00pm
BPS Meeting Sept 13, 2010 - This is SECOND MONDAY
The next regular meeting of the BPS is Monday, September 13, 2010, 7-9 pm
at
the McWane Science Center in Birmingham, Alabama.
Our speaker will be Marsha Andrews, Geologist at Vulcan Materials.
Free
parking; Enter the The McWane Science Center parking deck from 2nd Ave.
North, proceed to yellow level "C", enter the door marked "Special
Events" and bear to the left.
Date:
Monday, September 13, 2010 - 7:00pm
"Whale Evolution" by Dr. Philip Gingerich in August 2010 National Geographic
An article titled "Whale Evolution" appears in the August 2010 National Geographic Society magazine. It covers research done by Dr. Philip Gingerich. Some of you may remember that an early whale bone found in South Alabama a few years ago by one of our members, Dr. Martha Ivey, is now being studied by Dr. Gingerich. Also, he spoke on his whale research at the University of Tuscaloosa back in April 2007.
July 31, 2010 - Cretaceous Fossils, Dallas and Perry Co, AL
BPS members defied the extreme heat and went to south Alabama to assist in collecting fossils and close down the dig site until the weather cools off some. A number of mosasaur bones were found, and a mosasaur jaw still containing a tooth. Other fossils found included shark teeth, shark vertebra, various varieties of fish, turtle bone, and enchodus jaw and teeth. The thermometer read 110
BPS Meeting August 2, 2010
The next regular meeting of the BPS is Monday, August 2, 2010, 7-9 pm
at
the McWane Science Center in Birmingham, Alabama.
Free
parking; Enter the The McWane Science Center parking deck from 2nd Ave.
North, proceed to yellow level "C", enter the door marked "Special
Events" and bear to the left.
Date:
Monday, August 2, 2010 - 7:00pm
June 19, 2010 - Eocene Fossils, Covington Co, AL
This month the group went to a shallow river in Covington Co, AL we haven't visited for a long time. Our memory of this site is that the pickings were better in years past. It took a while to find fossils. We don't dig, as the landowner has requested "no digging", but most of our honey holes were empty, possibly from the recent rainy seasons or over-collecting by commercial coll
BPS Meeting July 12, 2010 - This is SECOND MONDAY
The next regular meeting of the BPS is Monday, July 12, 2010, 7-9 pm
at
the McWane Science Center in Birmingham, Alabama. The President changed the date to the SECOND MONDAY to avoid conflicts with the 4th of July weekend.
Speaker TBA.
Free
parking; Enter the The McWane Science Center parking deck from 2nd Ave.
North, proceed to yellow level "C", enter the door marked "Special
Events" and bear to the left.
Date:
Monday, July 12, 2010 - 7:00pm
May 29, 2010 - Cretaceous Fossils, Union Co, MS
This month's trip was to northern Mississippi, where we collected in the Coon Creek formation. The area was once a bay in the Gulf of Mexico. This is a Late Cretaceous site, where we found numerous turritella (most in an extr
April 17, 2010 - Cretaceous and Tertiary Fossils, Butler Co, AL
Our annual trip to Butler County turned up several shark teeth, fish vertebra, ray teeth, turritella in cochina, and a number of pottery pieces. The day was spent roaming the creek, playing in the sand and creek, or just hangi