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March 11, 2007 - Cretaceous Fossils, Greene Co, AL
Submitted by Bob Stewart on Wed, 03/14/2007 - 11:00pmThe
March field trip
was graced with perfect weather for playing in a creek. The
morning started out pleasantly cool but was shorts and T-shirt weather
by the time we got to the site.
We met at a rest area then caravaned to Greene County where we met our host who guided us to his property. We parked most of our vehicles then piled into several pickups and SUV's for the last 2 miles to the site. The site was a beautiful 80 acre parcel of high land on the Sipsey River which was underlain by
We met at a rest area then caravaned to Greene County where we met our host who guided us to his property. We parked most of our vehicles then piled into several pickups and SUV's for the last 2 miles to the site. The site was a beautiful 80 acre parcel of high land on the Sipsey River which was underlain by
May 31, 2003 - Cretaceous Fossils, Greene Co, AL
Submitted by Vicki Lais on Sat, 05/31/2003 - 11:00pmBPS visited a new Cretaceous location in Greene
County. First was a very interesting drive and hike through a
pasture
of high grass. Once we got to the creek, walking was easy,
and
numerous
shark teeth were found in the sand and gravel bars. The creek
was
very clean, and filled with pea gravel. We found that doing
surface
April 19, 2003 - Butler Co, AL
Submitted by Vicki Lais on Fri, 04/18/2003 - 11:00pmBPS visited a new location in Butler County this month for our field trip. The creek was shallow, making screening and hiking in the creek particularly easy. A number of shark teeth were found, including Odontipus robusta, scapanorhynchus and odontaspis elegans, and bones and teeth that we really wanted to pass off as fossils. Unfortunately,
February 21, 1999 - Sumter & Marengo Co, AL
Submitted by Ron Buta on Sun, 02/21/1999 - 11:00pmRichard Thurn of the University of West Alabama led the group of 18 members on an excellent day-long field trip to several sites in Sumter and Marengo counties. He started the day inside with a showing and explanation of the various fossils in the display cases at the science building on the campus of the University. The next