Welcome to BPS !
Submitted by admin on Tue, 09/24/2002 - 11:00pmIf you're looking for Alabama fossils, this is the place to come!
Exciting field trips, educational programs on paleontology and geology, and interesting people to meet! No prior knowledge required, just a desire to learn and a love of fossils and the outdoors. Professionals and novices of all ages are welcome.
BPS is a little different from most rock/ fossil/ mineral groups. Our original purpose (More . . .)
BPS monthly meeting May 6, 2024
Our speaker for May is Dr. George Phillips, Curator of Paleontology, Mississippi Museum of Natural Science . The program title is: "Smith Co, MS Lime Pit".
This meeting is free and open to the public.
Business meeting starts at 7pm, program will begin around 7:30.
May 3, 2025 - Pennsylvanian - Jefferson County, AL
Submitted by admin2 on Sun, 05/05/2024 - 2:21pmTwo hours of hunting time was allowed on this trip. We covered a lot of literal ground and found lots of fossils and then some! Three BPS members enjoyed the hunt because there were so many Carboniferous Period fossils to find! 3D Calamites, Stigmaria and fern fossils were abundant and what a day it was! It was an overcast day with a cool breeze, so the temperature was pleasant. I found a pile of shale and found lots of fern fossils, large slabs I had to say no to because I have no room to store them.
April 13, 2024 - Cretaceous - Dallas County, AL
Submitted by Ricky Mims on Mon, 04/29/2024 - 8:49amBPS was invited by Adiel at the University of Alabama to hunt the chalk gullies of South Alabama Saturday... couldn't of asked for better weather! Wow! It turned out to be a gorgeous day, with the weather cooperating and temperature not steaming hot like it usually is on days like this in the South. About 20 enthusiastic people showed up for this event including 6 if Adiel's students to hunt fossils as well and meet some of us who does this for a hobby.
March 30, 2024 - Cretaceous - Prentiss County, Mississippi
Submitted by Ricky Mims on Sun, 03/31/2024 - 3:05pmIt was a gorgeous day to go creek hunting in Mississippi with BPS! We were the first ones, all seven members there and had the park to ourselves up till around 3ish. The water that morning was freezing cold, but our bodies acclimated to it, and it helped the temperature shot up to 78 degrees! After 3ish, about 20 people showed up to party with us... got a lil' crowded, but most left after an hour. Pictured is my haul for the day, all were found under the bridge where it has been picked over... the secret is ya gotta dig a lil' deeper!
Monthly Meeting - April 1, 2024
Our speaker for April is Chase Egli, a Geology grad student currently working on his masters. The program title is: "Updates on Chondrycthian Research in North Alabama".
This meeting is free and open to the public.
Business meeting starts at 7pm, program will begin around 7:30.
Hoover Public Library, 200 Municipal Drive, Hoover, AL 35216, Downstairs, Fitzgerald Meeting Room.
March 2, 2024 - Fossil Road Show, Jackson, MS
Submitted by admin2 on Sun, 03/03/2024 - 5:04pmFebruary 24, 2024 - Cretaceous - Union County, Mississippi
Submitted by admin2 on Wed, 02/28/2024 - 8:18pmBPS Regular Meeting TUESDAY
Please note - the March meeting will be on TUESDAY March 5, due to library room reservation conflicts on Monday.
Our speaker will be Dr. Fred Andrus - “Behavior insights from Alabama ammonite aptychi geochemistry”.
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Submitted by admin2 on Wed, 02/28/2024 - 3:04pmBPS is now using https:// in our URL instead of http://. This will make the site more secure, and all passwords will be encrypted. In the past, a number of educational organizations (and a few ot