BPS members visited two late Cretaceous sites in Montgomery County, Alabama, where we collected primarily shark teeth and echinoids.  A pycnodont tooth (rare in Alabama) was found by Vicki Lais. 

BPS members collected at a Bibb county quarry and nearby graptolite site this month.

ANCIENT ALABAMA ANIMAL TRACKS INSPIRE AMATEUR FOSSIL COLLECTORS

TO DOCUMENT FINDS

BPS members collected in the Bangor Limestone in Franklin County, Alabama, and made several stops at roadcuts
in the area. Specimens from this site date to the late Mississipian

BPS members collected in Cherokee County, Alabama. This site is the Conasauga Formation of the Cambrian, and numerous trilobites were found.

by Ron Buta, Department of Physics and Astronomy

University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, Alabama

The publication of Jim Lacefield's new book, "Lost Worlds in Alabama Rocks: A Guide to the State's Ancient Life and Landscapes" led the BPS to this new site for a field trip this month.

General

This collecting site continues to be popular with the BPS, today’s field trip being the third organized visit in only four months. There were good reasons for returning to the site at this time.

Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, Alabama