September 30, 2006 - Paleozoic Fossils and Rocks, Jefferson Co, AL, Part 2
The Red Mountain road cut rocks were formed million of years ago when North America was covered by a shallow sea. Fossils from the Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian, and Mississippian ages are found at this site. Members found a good selection of fossils, including numerous brachiapods, the pygidium of a Llandovacaste birminghamensis trilobite (used in the BPS logo), graptolites, unidentified plant stems, gastropods, a number of trace fossils, and even some nice samples of calcite and dolomite crystals.
(Photos courtesy Chris and Vicki Lais)
![fossil gastropod](/system/files/images/06_sep_cl_gastropod437.jpg)
![fossil gastropod](/system/files/images/06_sep_cl_gastropod465.jpg)
![fossil trilobite](/system/files/images/06_sep_cl_trilobite455.jpg)
![fossil brachiopods](/system/files/images/06_sep_cl_shell440.jpg)
![Bills fossil brachipoods](/system/files/images/06_sep_vl_shells_Bill567.jpg)
![fossil shells](/system/files/images/06_sep_cl_shell469.jpg)
![fossil shells](/system/files/images/06_sep_cl_shells445.jpg)
![fossil shells](/system/files/images/06_sep_cl_shells460.jpg)
![fossil shells](/system/files/images/06_sep_cl_shells464.jpg)
![fossil shells](/system/files/images/06_sep_cl_shells439.jpg)
![fossil shells](/system/files/images/06_sep_cl_shells466.jpg)
![fossil shells](/system/files/images/06_sep_vl_shells587.jpg)
![fossil](/system/files/images/06_sep_cl_fossil446.jpg)
![trace fossils](/system/files/images/06_sep_cl_trace461.jpg)
![fossils](/system/files/images/06_sep_vl_fossil582.jpg)
![fossil](/system/files/images/06_sep_cl_fossil404.jpg)
![fossil](/system/files/images/06_sep_cl_fossil430.jpg)
And some mineral specimens:
![hematite](/system/files/images/06_sep_cl_hematite351.jpg)
Hematite
![white calcite](/system/files/images/06_sep_cl_dolomite442.jpg)
White calcite crystals.
![dolomite](/system/files/images/06_sep_vl_dolomite581.jpg)
Pink calcite (dolomite) crystals.
Page 1 - General trip photos
Page 2 - Fossils and minerals (this page)