If you're looking for Alabama fossils, this is the place to come!
Exciting field trips, educational programs on paleontology and geology, and interesting people to meet! No prior knowledge required, just a desire to learn and a love of fossils and the outdoors. Professionals and novices of all ages are welcome.
Another productive trip to the gullies of south Alabama turned up a fish jaw, shark teeth, shark vertebra, fossil shells, shrimp burrows, and a number of other fossils.
BPS set up tables at the 2025 Alabama Fossil Fest, where at least 280 visitors stopped to examine fossils at our exhibit, and discuss field trips and exciting discoveries over the years. Dr.
James Lamb, Director of the Black Belt Museum, University of West Alabama, has prepared a special pre-recorded 2-part classroom video. Alabama's Black Belt - Part 2 will be shown at the October meeting.
The program begins at 7:00, followed by the business meeting at 8:00 pm. This month, we will be meeting at the Homewood Public Library, downstairs, conference room 101. (This location is temporary, until the Hoover Public Library completes renovations.)
The Alabama Museum of Natural History will be hosting their annual "Alabama Fossil Fest" on Saturday, September 20 in the Grand Gallery at the museum in Tuscaloosa. Numerous groups will set up exhibits, including BPS. Exhibits are open from 1pm until 3pm. Presentations will begin at 3pm in the auditorium (Smith Hall) near the Grand Gallery. The focus for this Fossil Fest is "fossil crocodilians".
James Lamb, Director of the Black Belt Museum, University of West Alabama, has prepared a special pre-recorded 2-part classroom video. Alabama's Black Belt - Part 1 will be shown at our September meeting, and Part 2 will be shown at the October meeting.
The program begins at 7:00, followed by the business meeting at 8:00 pm. This month, we will be meeting at the Homewood Public Library, downstairs, conference room 116. (This location is temporary, until the Hoover Public Library completes renovations.)
It turned out to be another hot, steamy, sunny, gorgeous day for a field trip to a creek. Fortunately for us, this creek had a canopy of trees that overshadowed the waters and provided a cool environment.
Three sites were visited in northern Mississippi. Site 1 featured the Prairie Bluff and Chiwapa Sandstone (Ripley) formations. Echinoids and decapods were found in the Chiwapa Sandstone in Pontotoc county.
Alabama has gotten a lot of rain lately, with that said... Saturday turned out to be a good day to fossil hunt!
