Saint Clair
November 17, 2007 - Mississippian Fossils, St. Clair Co, AL
Submitted by Vicki Lais on Sat, 12/01/2007 - 11:00pmThis month 14 people showed up for the BPS trip and collected in Mississippian age fossils in St. Clair county, Alabama. Along with the perfect brachopods and horned coral, quite a few trilobite parts were found in the Ft. Payne chert.
Photos courtesy Martha Ivey and Vicki Lais.
December 2, 2006 - Mississippian Fossils, St. Clair Co, AL
Submitted by Nancy Kenfield Lea on Mon, 12/04/2006 - 11:00pmA roadcut in St.
Clair County was a real
bonanza for BPS on this trip. A smaller crowd than usual came
along but found a very wide variety of fossils. Excitement
all
around as we spread out along the road cut. This is a
Mississippian age site where geologic uplift is obvious.
Several
varieties of coral,
March 18, 2006 - Mississippian Fossils, St. Clair Co, AL
Submitted by Nancy Kenfield Lea on Sun, 03/19/2006 - 11:00pmBPS members collected in St. Clair county,
Alabama this
month.
The weather started out a little chilly, but turned into a
perfect, pleasant day. The first stop was a
Mississippian
age road cut, where geologic uplift is obvious. There we
found several varieties of coral, including quite a few large
horned coral, brachiopods, and sponges in layers of the
November 20, 2004 - Mississippian Fossils, St. Clair Co, AL
Submitted by Leisa Whitlow on Sun, 11/21/2004 - 11:00pmDonning orange and blue, red and white, or...mud and well, a little more mud, the BPS explored a new site in St. Clair County, Alabama. The weather was just a tad misty after our outing but cool and comfortable during our adventure. Our fearless leader led us to a Mississippian age roadcut yeilding some of the
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