Birmingham Paleontological Society

The Birmingham Paleontological Society participated in the Fossil Road Show, presented yearly by the Mississippi Museum of Natural History in Jackson.  It was a very well attended event, and members spent the day telling visitors about the Alabama fossils on our exhibit tables, and visiting other tables to enjoy the fossil show.

This trip we had quite a few friendly faces show up to enjoy the beautiful day, the scenery and of course help find fossils. Some of the items we found included; brachiopods, crinoid stems, trilobite parts, worm burrows and some interesting rocks that could not be identified. Wish we had more time to explore this site, as its treasures were well hidden.

The annual Science Teacher Workshop was conducted by the University of West Alabama, and the Geological Survey of Alabama.  Volunteer assistance was provided by members of BPS.

Hot summer day, cold creek, shark teeth, an excellent combination!

BPS is holding an Open House at the Homewood Library on Sunday July 28, from 2:30 until 4pm, upstairs in the Round Auditorium.  There will be light refreshments, fossils to examine, and a "fossil dig" where kids can find fossils, have them identified, and take them home.  Our "Fossils of Alabama" exhibit is in the display cases at the library all month.

The Homewood Library is at 1721 Oxmoor Rd, Homewood, AL.

Our speaker on August 5 will be Dr. Dana Ehret, Curator of Paleontology for the Alabama Museum of Natural History at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. Dr. Ehret's talk will focus on his work on the evolution of white sharks and is entitled “Fishing for the Origins of the White Shark in Peru." Hoover Public Library, Meeting Room C at 7pm. Free and open to the public.

BPS will be presenting a fossil exhibit at the Homewood Public Library during the month of July, 2013.  The exhibit is in the Ellenburg Art Gallery, and is free to everyone.  In addition, on Sunday July 28

Meeting is 2nd Monday in July, not first!  Our speaker on July 8 will be Scott Brande, Associate Professor in the Chemistry Department at UAB, who will speak on “Environment, Geology, and the Potential for Life on Mars." Hoover Public Library, Meeting Room A at 7pm. Free and open to the public.

Our speaker on June 3 will be Roger Sauterer, Assistant Professor of Biology at Jacksonville State University, who will speak on "They might be giants: the lives of sauropods." Hoover Public Library, Theater Conference Room at 7pm. Free and open to the public.

Our speaker on May 6 will be George Phillips, Paleontology Curator at the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science, who will speak on “The Blue Springs Fossil Site: An Unprecedented Exposure of the Upper Cretaceous Coon Creek Beds in Mississippi.” Hoover Public Library, Meeting Room C. Free and open to the public.