ray teeth
April 21, 2007 - Cretaceous and Tertiary Fossils, Butler Co, AL
Submitted by Bob Stewart on Tue, 04/24/2007 - 11:00pmThe
April field
trip took us to Butler County where a creek has cut through
early
Tertiary and late Cretaceous sediments. Once again
as with
last months field trip to Green County we had some of the best spring
weather Alabama can offer, with the temperature reaching a pleasant 76
degrees.
Everyone met at a central location, and a brief introduction to the geology of the area was given before driving about 12 more miles to the entrance to the site. While past trips to
Everyone met at a central location, and a brief introduction to the geology of the area was given before driving about 12 more miles to the entrance to the site. While past trips to
June 03, 2006 - Paleocene Fossils, Clarke and Wilcox Co, AL
Submitted by Vicki Lais on Mon, 06/05/2006 - 11:00pmToday BPS went way down south to Clarke County,
Alabama. We were
quite excited because this was a new site Steve found, and we were
chomping at the bit, ready to go. We found a good variety of
bivalves and gastropods, a few shark teeth and ray teeth. The
most numerous fossil we found is Flabellum
cuneiforme pachyphyllum, a type of
September 29, 2001 - Covington Co, AL
Submitted by Vicki Lais on Sat, 09/29/2001 - 11:00pmBPS members collected in and around a river in Covington County, Alabama this month. Numerous shark teeth, ray teeth, bones and various shell material was found.
May 26, 2001 - Greene Co, AL
Submitted by Vicki Lais on Sat, 05/26/2001 - 11:00pmBPS members collected in a Greene County, Alabama creek. At this Cretaceous site, we found numerous shark and ray teeth
and some fish vertebrae.
August 15,1999 - Covington and Escambia Co, AL
Submitted by Ron Buta on Sat, 08/14/1999 - 11:00pmDepartment of Physics and Astronomy
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Edited by Vicki Lais