Birmingham Paleontological Society

The next regular meeting of the BPS is Monday, July 12, 2010, 7-9 pm at the McWane Science Center in Birmingham, Alabama.  The President changed the date to the SECOND MONDAY to avoid conflicts with the 4th of July weekend.

 Speaker TBA.

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.

This month's trip was to northern Mississippi, where we collected in the Coon Creek formation.  The area was once a bay in the Gulf of Mexico.  This is a Late Cretaceous site, where we found numerous turritella (most in an extremely fragile condition), and even more crab and lobster parts, mostly looking like they had exploded, though several intact "bellies" and a couple of claws w

Our annual trip to Butler County turned up several shark teeth, fish vertebra, ray teeth, turritella in cochina, and a number of pottery pieces.  The day was spent roaming the creek, playing in the sand and creek, or just hanging out sunbathing.  Several members camped out for the weekend on the bald, where more fossils were found.

On a chilly rainy day a few BPS members braved the weather to view a spectacular waterfall in Shelby County.  After the waterfall hike another stop was made to find some wonderful plant material.

The next regular meeting of the BPS is Monday, June 7, 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.

The next regular meeting of the BPS is Monday, May 3, 2010, 7-9 pm at the McWane Science Center in Birmingham, Alabama.

Our speaker for April is Dr. Sandy Ebersole, geologist at the Geological Survey of Alabama.  Her lecture is titled "The Late Cretaceous Northern Mississippi Embayment - A Tropical Paradise".  Dr. Ebersole's talks are always very informative.  Hope to see you there!

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.

There must have been a lot of people concerned about the weather report, which predicted snow and ice in North Alabama.  Only 5 of us showed up, but what a wonderful day it turned out to be.  It stayed cold in Birmingham, but the weather at the collecting sites warmed up to the 50's, and Don remarked we better tell the field trip planner thanks for picking such a great day!  The smaller numb

The next regular meeting of the BPS is Monday, April 5, 2010, 7-9 pm at the McWane Science Center in Birmingham, Alabama.

The NOVA program "Megabeasts' Sudden Death" aired Tuesday February 23, 2010 on PBS, and is now available online.  To start the video on the PBS site, click the mammoth picture.

Fifteen thousand years ago, North America was like the Serengeti on steroids, with mega-creatures roaming a continent teeming with incredible

The next regular meeting of the BPS is Monday, March 1, 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.