George Phillips, paleontology curator at the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science will be speaking to us about Cretaceous paleo research. Here is some advance information:

Title: Upper Cretaceous Echinoderms of the Mid-South

Abstract: If an avocational review by Texans is excluded, it has been 50 years since there has been an official update on the status of Upper Cretaceous echinoderms in the Southeast. A better understanding of the diversity and distribution of Gulfian age (Late Cretaceous) echinoids, asteroids, ophiuroids, and crinoids in Mississippi and Alabama (specifically) has been slowly but steadily accumulating.

BPS regular monthly meetings are held on the 1st Monday of each month at the McWane Science Center. Park in the deck on "Level C", go through doors marked Special Event Center, and follow signs to meeting. The business meeting begins at 7:00, followed by the program around 7:45 or 8pm.