March 11, 2017 - Bibb Co, AL
Submitted by admin2 on Mon, 04/03/2017 - 4:25pmOn a rainy Saturday, a number of BPS members braved the weather to collect in a quarry in Bibb County. Numerous brachiopods, a few trilobites, a whole sponge, and bryozoans were found.
April 3, 2017 BPS Program “Big questions about little invertebrates: using phylogenomics to study the evolution of Mollusca.”
Our speaker for March is Dr. Kevin Kocot, assistant professor in Biological Sciences at The University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa and the curator of invertebrate zoology at the Alabama Museum of Natural History.
BPS meets at Hoover Public Library downstairs, Fitzgerald Room. Business meeting starts at 7:00, program at 7:30pm. Free and open to the public.
March 6, 2017 BPS Program "Excavation and Paleontology of Hominids in Israel"
Our speaker for March is Dr. Scott Brande, Associate Professor of Chemistry at UAB. Hoover Public Library, Fitzgerald Room. Business meeting starts at 7:00, program at 7:30pm. Free and open to the public.
February 4, 2017 - Cretaceous Fossils - Union Co, Mississippi
Submitted by admin2 on Mon, 02/06/2017 - 10:56pmFebruary 6, 2016 BPS Program “Fossils of the Dawn from Ediacaran sites in Newfoundland”
Our speaker for February is Andy Rindsberg. Associate Professor of Biology at the University of West Alabama. Hoover Public Library, Fitzgerald Room. Business meeting starts at 7:00, program at 7:30pm. Free and open to the public
Webinar - Paleontological Resources Preservation Act (PRRA)
The PRRA is a set of rules regarding fossil collecting on federal lands.
BPS Annual Meeting Jan 9. 2017
The business meeting, including elections and installation of officers, will begin at 7pm.
December 5, 2016 BPS Program - "Ancient Sea Turtles of Alabama: Using Fossils from the Deep South to Solve a Global Mystery"
Our speaker for December is Drew Gentry, instructor and PhD student at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Hoover Public Library, Shakespeare Room. Business meeting starts at 7:00, program at 7:30pm. Free and open to the public.
November 7, 2016 BPS Program - “Nepal – Insights From Field Work.”
Our speaker for November is Dr. Delores Robinson, Professor of Geological Sciences at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. Hoover Public Library, Theater Conference Room. Business meeting starts at 7:00pm, program starts at 7:30pm. Free and open to the public.
October 18, 2016 - Fossil Teacher Workshop
Submitted by admin2 on Mon, 11/07/2016 - 2:40pmThe annual Fossil Teacher Workshop held jointly by the University of West Alabama and the Geologic Survey of Alabama was held at a gully site this year, and was set up a bit differently. After the morning lecture, teachers and leaders were divided up into 3 groups, and each group went their own direction to map the stratigraphy of the layers between Point A and Point B. After lunch, and discussion of the exercise, students went to another area to collect fossils. One BPS student, Andrew Barnes, found the bones of an ancient bird, most likely a pterosaur. These are extremely rare, and th
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