Birmingham Paleontological Society

A number of Birmingham attendees, including nine members and guests of BPS, made their way to the Anniston Museum of Natural History Thursday night to hear James Lamb speak on Alabama Dinosaurs. James is Curator of Paleontology at McWane Science Center in Birmingham,

Late Friday night, October 19th, the old familiar BPS website was retired, and the new, improved version was moved into production.  The new BPS website uses a Content Management System to manage the pages and photos, and provides a means for members to easily and quickly post information on the site.  The site now boasts a calendar to keep up with fossil related events, and a sneak preview o

The Sea Monsters exhibit that opened at McWane Science Center on October 5, 2007 took many months of hard work by McWane Science Center employees and others. One afternoon of this months-long effort was captured on film, and is presented here for your enjoyment.

The new "Sea Monsters" exhibit opened October 5th at McWane Science Center and will run until sometime in the spring. BPS members and other friends of McWane Science Center were treated to a preview of the exhibit on October 4th, showcasing the paleontology department's new "ocean" exhibit featuring life size casts of Protostega (turtle), Clidastes (mosasaur),

The fossil exhibit Sea Monsters is opening at McWane Science Center October 5, 2007.

In addition a new IMAX movie from National Geographic titled Sea Monsters, will also open at McWane October 5. Many of the creatures on exhibit are showcased in this IMAX movie.

Members of the Birmingham Paleontological Society held a fossil exhibit at the Homewood Public Library from September 1 until September 30. On Sunday,

A trip to a quarry in the Mississippian age, Fort Payne chert was on the schedule for BPS' field trip in September. It was a beautiful day with a good turnout. THe quarry had been dug out since out last visit so we were able to look around the freshly-exposed areas. Sylvie and Michael made a heroic effort to find a trilobite in some of the material that resembled Frog Mtn. formation, but to no avail. We wandered freely over the huge quarry area, finding crinoid stems, brachiopods, corals and a number of nice geodes.