turritella
May 29, 2010 - Cretaceous Fossils, Union Co, MS
Submitted by admin2 on Sun, 06/13/2010 - 1:07amThis 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
April 17, 2010 - Cretaceous and Tertiary Fossils, Butler Co, AL
Submitted by admin2 on Sun, 06/13/2010 - 12:47amOur 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.
June 13-14, 2009 - Cretaceous and Tertiary Fossils, Butler Co, AL
Submitted by admin2 on Mon, 08/17/2009 - 9:57pmThis month the group traveled to Butler County, Alabama, to a sandy creek which runs through early Tertiary and late Cretaceous material. The weather was overcast on Saturday, making collecting very pleasant. A number of members camped out for the weekend. Sunday the sun was out, and it made us grateful for the cloud cover on Saturday!
The sandy beaches and gravel areas yielded up shark teeth, ray teeth, some nautiloid sections, and recent mammal material which was sometimes as fasinating as the fossils.
November 1-2, 2008 - Cretaceous and Tertiary Fossils - Butler County
Submitted by admin2 on Sun, 01/04/2009 - 6:34pmIf you wanted a day/weekend out in the woods, you couldn't have custom-ordered more perfect weather or a more perfect spot to enjoy the outdoors. A small group of BPS’ers set out for Butler County to a site owned by a member’s relatives. They kindly let us in there at least once a year and a big THANK YOU goes out to them from BPS. We use the word “intrepid” a lot to describ
April 26, 2008 - Cretaceous and Tertiary Fossils, Butler Co, AL
Submitted by Leisa Whitlow on Mon, 05/12/2008 - 10:58pmThe April 2008 field trip brought beautiful weather and a nice relaxing weekend. Claire, Martha and Leisa were able to get to the site on Friday and enjoyed an evening gazing up at the stars and listening to the night birds. Saturday morning brought the arrival of the rest of the field trip party. Members ventured up stream and down stream. Several shark teeth and ray teeth were found, along with cochina stone embedded with turritella, gastropods, and nautiloids. A few Native American pottery shards were also found.
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Submitted by admin2 on Mon, 05/12/2008 - 10:30pm
Various fossils and pottery shards found by Leisa.
October 1, 2005 - Cretaceous and Tertiary Fossils, Butler Co, AL
Submitted by Nancy Kenfield Lea on Tue, 10/04/2005 - 11:00pmAugust 28, 2004 - Cretaceous Fossils, Butler Co, AL
Submitted by Vicki Lais on Sun, 08/29/2004 - 11:00pm(Photos courtesy Vicki Lais)
One of the first items found. Forgot to put a scale in the photo,
July 31, 2004 - Monroe Co, AL
Submitted by Vicki Lais on Wed, 08/04/2004 - 11:00pmApril 19, 2003 - Butler Co, AL
Submitted by Vicki Lais on Fri, 04/18/2003 - 11:00pmBPS visited a new location in Butler County this month for our field trip. The creek was shallow, making screening and hiking in the creek particularly easy. A number of shark teeth were found, including Odontipus robusta, scapanorhynchus and odontaspis elegans, and bones and teeth that we really wanted to pass off as fossils. Unfortunately,
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