Selma Chalk
February 16, 2003 - Pickens Co, AL
Submitted by Vicki Lais on Sat, 02/15/2003 - 11:00pmThe BPS trip this month was to Pickens
County,
AL, where the group collected from the Selma Chalk formation at several
new locations. A new member found her first ever shark
tooth in the washes where we were collecting.
There is a lot of history in this area that most people in Alabama are
February 2, 2003 - Cretaceous Fossils, Lowndes Co, MS
Submitted by Vicki Lais on Sun, 02/02/2003 - 11:00pmThe January field trip
was held on February 2,
2003. BPS members collected in
the Selma Chalk formation in Lowndes
county Mississippi.. We
visited
several new sites where the group has never collected. Some
nice specimens were found, including a large fossil turtle bone, and numerous fossil shark
teeth.
(Photos courtesy Greg Mestler.)