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June 28, 2025 - Cretaceous, Greene County, AL
Alabama has gotten a lot of rain lately, with that said... Saturday turned out to be a good day to fossil hunt! Today, we were fortunate to have gorgeous weather, but with heat. BPS made their annual trip down to a South Alabama site on private property where Cretaceous Period marine fossils are found. Despite the heat, the canopy of trees that towered over the creek was welcomed relief from the beating the sun would've given us. Many cool fossils were found, including Shark Teeth, Mosasaur Vertebrae, Brachiopods, Micro Fossils, and other assorted marine fossils found that lived during the Cretaceous period. There were some surprises that were found as well, such as ice age pieces of bone, perhaps where two geological formations overlapped? As always, it was fun for those who braved the heat of the day. Look forward to the next trip down there.
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Uranium-series dates from travertines associated with a late Pleistocene megafauna in ACb-3, Alabama
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1992-01
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North Alabama cave animals ranged from 228,000 to 115,000 years ago.
Caribou from the Late Pleistocene of northwestern Alabama
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A late pleistocene herpetofauna from Bell Cave, Alabama
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April 17, 2004 - Cretaceous and Pleistocene Fossils, Greene Co, AL
This creek site in Greene County, AL is characterized by large quantities of pea gravel, filled with numerous shark teeth, and the occasional mosasaur vertebra. Going east along the creek one is in Pleistocene age material, while going west moves one through an area of Mooreville Chalk (Cretaceous).
A number of teeth from the Goblin shark and crow shark were found by all. (See the July, 2003 trip report for details on these sharks, and more on the geology of this site.)
(Photos courtesy Vicki Lais)
Ann and her bag of treasures.
Nancy showing off her ptychodus tooth.
Vicki dumped her bag to show what she had collected so far. A number of shark teeth, some in matrix, bone fragments, and several "interesting unknowns".
How many hours do you think Claire and Ann can do this?
A small canyon that proved interesting. A little out of the picture one can see the strata where the teeth and pea gravel have been deposited in the bank.
Climbing down into the canyon. (they keep telling me to quit taking pictures of rear ends....)
Lisa, with Jan and Bobby in the background. Steve was always somewhere way up the creek or way down the creek, and managed to totally avoid the camera.