Birmingham Paleontological Society

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Jun Ebersole, Collections Manager at McWane Science Center, will present a lecture titled "Late Pleistocene Mammals of Alabama" at the Monday, August 1, 2011 meeting of the Birmingham

Dr. Brad Deline, Assistant Professor at the University of West Georgia, will present a lecture titled "Crinoids Through Time" at the Monday, July 11, 2011 meeting of the Birmingham

The following article is not comment from an expert on alligators, but from a BPS member who believes that more alligator handbags and matching shoes might not be so bad, and its posting also stems from a bit of healthy paranoia.  Those of us who are outside often become familiar with lurking dangers, but visitors to our outings and perhaps newer members need some education.  This article cou

Dr. Henry Barwood, currently Professor of Earth Science at Troy State University, will present a lecture titled "Microstructure of Fossil Bone and Teeth" at the Monday, June 6, 2011 meeting of the Birmingham Paleontological Society.  Dr. Barwood has done extensive research in rock staining techniques, fluorescence and luminescence in minerals, structure of pegmatites, turquoise and other copper minerals from various states, and has researched the phosphate minerals of Cherokee County, Alabama.  

Dr. Takehito Ikejiri, from the University of Michigan, will be our guest speaker on May 2, 2011.  Dr. Ikejiri "Ike" is currently conducting research in Alabama on the morphology and structure

Dr. Roger Sauterer, from Jacksonville State University, will be our guest speaker on April 4, 2011.  Dr. Sauterer is a Professor of Biology and does research on environmental toxins.  In his free time, he studies dinosaurs, specifically T.rex, and will be presenting his lecture "Fast Times in the Cretaceous; the Life and Times of T.rex".

Okay, how many of you let a 90% chance of rain stop you from coming on the field trip?

Six of us showed up to hunt fossils in spite of the predictions of 90% rain over the entire south.  The weather report was correct this time!  It didn't rain on the way there, lulling us into believing it would hold off most of the day.  

With such a small group we decided to go to a location where we have not been in several years.  This location has a very poor road with large potholes, not much room to park, and a short hike to get to the lake.

Our speaker for the March 7, 2011 BPS meeting will be Christa Marks, a hydro-geologist with the Alabama Surface Mining Commission.  Her topic will be "Coal Mining in Alabama:  What We have Uncovered", which will cover geologic conditions that contributed to the coal beds here in Alabama, the fossils one finds when digging coal, and she will give us some insight into the geology part

The next regular meeting of the BPS is Monday, March 7, 2011, 7-9 pm at the McWane Science Center in Birmingham, Alabama.