Greene
July 21, 2007 - Cretaceous Fossils, Greene Co, AL
Submitted by Nancy Kenfield Lea on Sat, 07/21/2007 - 11:00pmA
very large group of 31 people showed up for the July BPS
trip to Greene
county. Thanks to James Lamb, our trip leader this time, we
visited some Cretaceous sites that we have not visited for at least 10
years, so we were all pretty excited. The first site was a
chalk gully which has produced nice mosasaur
March 11, 2007 - Cretaceous Fossils, Greene Co, AL
Submitted by Bob Stewart on Wed, 03/14/2007 - 11:00pmThe
March field trip
was graced with perfect weather for playing in a creek. The
morning started out pleasantly cool but was shorts and T-shirt weather
by the time we got to the site.
We met at a rest area then caravaned to Greene County where we met our host who guided us to his property. We parked most of our vehicles then piled into several pickups and SUV's for the last 2 miles to the site. The site was a beautiful 80 acre parcel of high land on the Sipsey River which was underlain by
We met at a rest area then caravaned to Greene County where we met our host who guided us to his property. We parked most of our vehicles then piled into several pickups and SUV's for the last 2 miles to the site. The site was a beautiful 80 acre parcel of high land on the Sipsey River which was underlain by
March 19, 2005 - Cretaceous Fossils, Greene Co, AL
Submitted by Vicki Lais on Sun, 03/20/2005 - 11:00pmBPS
members and guests met in the parking lot of the rest area for a
show and tell session prior to the fossil outing. Weather was
fine, but as we got closer to our site, the rain started.
After a
drizzly start, the weather cleared, and it ended up being a great
day. Surface collecting, or digging in one spot in the pea
April 17, 2004 - Cretaceous and Pleistocene Fossils, Greene Co, AL
Submitted by Vicki Lais on Sat, 04/17/2004 - 11:00pm 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.)
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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.)
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July 26, 2003 - Cretaceous and Pleistocene Fossils, Greene Co, AL
Submitted by Ron Beerman on Thu, 07/24/2003 - 11:00pmWe had so much fun at this site back in May, we wanted to do it again, and search for more mosasaur bones. And we were in luck! 2 more large vertebra were found, and 2 pieces of jawbone, one with pieces of the tooth still there, however, we did not find where they were washing out, but we all had a great time scouting. This site in Greene County,
May 31, 2003 - Cretaceous Fossils, Greene Co, AL
Submitted by Vicki Lais on Sat, 05/31/2003 - 11:00pmBPS visited a new Cretaceous location in Greene
County. First was a very interesting drive and hike through a
pasture
of high grass. Once we got to the creek, walking was easy,
and
numerous
shark teeth were found in the sand and gravel bars. The creek
was
very clean, and filled with pea gravel. We found that doing
surface
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