August 21, 2021 - Cretaceous - Greene County, Alabama
Submitted by admin2 on Mon, 12/11/2023 - 2:20amOn August 21, 2021, BPS took a trip to a Cretaceous creek in Greene County, Al. Despite a high percentage prediction for rain, a group of 19 people took the chance that the rain would not stop an eagerly anticipated chance to collect fossils. For most of the day, that gamble paid off. Though the water was a little deep in places, the gravel bars that were present gave everyone the chance to sift, dig, surface collect and generally enjoy the summer weather in a south Alabama creek.
As collectors began to perform their favorite method of collecting, fossils were f
July 10, 2021 - Cretaceous - Montgomery County, Alabama
Submitted by admin2 on Mon, 12/11/2023 - 2:19amMay 29, 2021 - Cretaceous - Montgomery County, Alabama
Submitted by admin2 on Mon, 12/11/2023 - 2:17amOn May 29, 2021, BPS members and guests had a much-needed and super fantastic field trip to a very special private property in Montgomery County. This gorgeous property is lovely to visit and has a creek in the back that kept all attendees screening for hours. The creek situated in the Mooreville chalk formation of the Cretaceous period so fossil finds from today included shark teeth, enchodus teeth, gastropod steinkerns, and Hamulus worm tubes. Several very interesting and special fossils were found, including a fragment of mosasaur jaw containing 2 teeth, a nice, large fish vertebra,
November 27, 2020 - Pennsylvanian - Jefferson County, Alabama
Submitted by admin2 on Mon, 12/11/2023 - 2:11amOn Friday, November 27, 2020, seven BPS members and guests went to a working strip mine in Jefferson County to collect fossils from the Pottsville formation of the Pennsylvanian period. The fossils collected today originated in a warm, steamy, oxygen-rich environment and grew to towering heights. Some of the fossils found are pith casts, formed when sediments filled the hollow center of a stem and later hardened/mineralized into rock. Other fossils are imprints and show beautiful details of fern-like foliage.
Some of the identified fossils found today include cala
September 5, 2020 - Cretaceous - Butler County, Alabama
Submitted by admin2 on Mon, 12/11/2023 - 2:08amApril 11, 2020 - Pennsylvanian - Jefferson County, Alabama
Submitted by admin2 on Mon, 12/11/2023 - 2:06amMarch 21, 2020 - Pennsylvanian - Jefferson County, AL
Submitted by admin2 on Mon, 12/11/2023 - 2:04amOn Saturday, March 21, 2020, a baker’s dozen members and guests of BPS went to a site that we’d never visited. A tip from a member’s neighbor and a scouting outing was awarded by permission to collect in a strip mine in Jefferson County. The spoil piles that held fossils were from the Pennsylvanian period – Coal Age fossils that were formed as warm moist coastal swamps gave way to periodic flooding and sedimentation during continental drift changes. Interestingly, similarities between Pennsylvanian coal deposits in the Black Warrior Basin and those in South America indicate that they w
November 27, 2020 - Pennsylvanian, Jefferson County, Al
Submitted by Ann Strozier on Fri, 11/27/2020 - 8:49pmOn Friday, November 27, 2020, seven BPS members and guests went to a working strip mine in Jefferson County to collect fossils from the Pottsville formation of the Pennsylvanian period. The fossils collected today originated in a warm, steamy, oxygen-rich environment and many grew to towering heights. Some of the fossils found are pith casts, formed when sediments filled the hollow center of a stem and later hardened/mineralized into rock. Other fossils are imprints and show beautiful details of fern-like foliage.
Virtual National Fossil Day events from Alabama Museum of Natural History
Submitted by admin2 on Mon, 10/12/2020 - 8:59pmNational Fossil Day will be celebrated with a virtual event this year! October 14, 2020, check out the Fossil Day even
What Dinosaur are You?
Submitted by admin2 on Wed, 04/29/2020 - 5:10pmFor kids of all ages, from National Geographic Kids, a quiz.
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