foraminifera
August 11, 2018 - Oligocene Fossils, Smith County, MS
Submitted by Ann Strozier on Tue, 08/14/2018 - 2:33pmOn Saturday, Aug 11, 2018, a small group of BPS members and guests traveled to Smith County, Mississippi where we were joined by our enthusiastic, knowledgeable host. We were led to a small working lime quarry that featured, from the Oligocene, outcrops of Bucatunna clay, Glendon formation limestone and Marianna limestone. The quarry process yielded specimens from the Mint Spring unit but the unit itself was underwater.
April 28-29, 2012 - Washington County, Alabama
Submitted by Terry Todd on Sat, 02/16/2013 - 3:46pmBPS members took a weekend trip to Washington County, to an old quarry where they found echinoids, sand dollars, numerous shells, and foraminifera, plus a few scattered shark teeth were found.
November 14-15, 1992 - Eocene Fossils, Washington County, AL
Submitted by admin2 on Mon, 12/15/2008 - 8:48pm
July 21, 2001 - Clarke and Washington Co, AL
Submitted by Vicki Lais on Sun, 07/22/2001 - 11:00pmBPS members went to a Clarke County site where whale fossils have been found in the past, but none were found on this day. We also collected at a privately owned quarry in Washington County, Alabama, where numerous echinoids, sand dollars, and foraminifera were found.
Forams with a sand dollar showing in the matrix.
Numerous sand dollars were found in this quarry.
