Learn to draw a dinosaur
Submitted by admin2 on Tue, 11/02/2010 - 10:23pmDr. Travis Lee Clark is an artist in Big Bend, Texas, who posts videos showing the basic techniques of drawing pterosaurs, pterodactyls, sauropods,
September and October, 2010 - Cretaceous Fossils - Dallas Co, AL
Submitted by admin2 on Wed, 10/27/2010 - 10:10amDuring September and early October, BPS members had several field trips to find fossils and help excavate in the Cretaceous gullies of Dallas County. Over a period of several days (September 19, 24, 26, October 1, 2, 3) a turtle and mosasaur were excavated. Also, a number of other fossils were found, including shark teeth, upper and lower Xiphactinus fish jaw with teeth, a variety of shells
BPS Meeting November 1, 2010
The next regular meeting of the BPS is Monday, November 1, 2010, 7-9 pm at the McWane Science Center in Birmingham, Alabama.
Fossils of the Black Belt - A Hands-On Field Workshop
UPDATE - The workshop will begin at 9AM instead of 8AM.
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.
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.
"Whale Evolution" by Dr. Philip Gingerich in August 2010 National Geographic
Submitted by admin2 on Mon, 09/13/2010 - 12:45amJuly 31, 2010 - Cretaceous Fossils, Dallas and Perry Co, AL
Submitted by admin2 on Sun, 09/12/2010 - 11:06pmBPS 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.
June 19, 2010 - Eocene Fossils, Covington Co, AL
Submitted by admin2 on Mon, 07/12/2010 - 3:19amThis 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
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