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September 28, 2019 - Cretaceous, Perry, Al
Submitted by Ann Strozier on Sun, 10/27/2019 - 1:11pmOn Saturday, September 28, a sizable group of BPS members and guests got together to take advantage of the unseasonably hot weather to visit a favorite creek in Perry County. After a stop at a local burger restaurant that served very tasty biscuits, we caravanned to the site – off-roading a little bit at the end. The dry weather was definitely in our favor there!
June 13-14, 2009 - Cretaceous and Tertiary Fossils, Butler Co, AL
Submitted by admin2 on Mon, 08/17/2009 - 9:57pmThis month the group traveled to Butler County, Alabama, to a sandy creek which runs through early Tertiary and late Cretaceous material. The weather was overcast on Saturday, making collecting very pleasant. A number of members camped out for the weekend. Sunday the sun was out, and it made us grateful for the cloud cover on Saturday!
The sandy beaches and gravel areas yielded up shark teeth, ray teeth, some nautiloid sections, and recent mammal material which was sometimes as fasinating as the fossils.
July 11, 2009 - Cretaceous Fossils, Greene Co, AL
Submitted by admin2 on Mon, 08/03/2009 - 2:17pmBPS members and guests headed down to Greene county, Alabama for our July trip. This site is a creek covered with pea gravel - making screening for shark teeth and other fossils quite difficult. However, most found it fairly easy to spot the fossils lying on top of the gravel. Numerous shark teeth were found, a couple of mosasaur teeth, several ptychodus teeth, a gar vertebra and tooth, c
May 16, 2009 - Cretaceous Fossils, Sumter County, AL
Submitted by Nancy Kenfield Lea on Mon, 06/01/2009 - 1:22amOld hands as well as new joined up early on Saturday morning for a trip to some great Cretaceous gully sites in West Alabama. Dr. John Hall and Dr.
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Submitted by admin2 on Sun, 07/06/2008 - 10:48pm
A fossil oyster shell bed is in the background, with an enchodus tooth in the lower right, a fish vertebra, shell and what appears to be a coprolite specimen
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Submitted by admin2 on Mon, 05/12/2008 - 10:30pm
Various fossils and pottery shards found by Leisa.
July 21, 2007 - Cretaceous Fossils, Greene Co, AL
Submitted by Nancy Kenfield Lea on Sat, 07/21/2007 - 11:00pmPages
