blastoid
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Submitted by admin2 on Sun, 06/07/2009 - 9:04pm09-04-vl-3035
Submitted by Ron Beerman on Thu, 06/04/2009 - 3:34pmFebruary 23, 2008 - Lawrence and Franklin Co, AL
Submitted by Vicki Lais on Sun, 03/02/2008 - 10:51pmA large crew of BPS members and guests headed to northwest Alabama this month, in hopes of finding crinoid heads and trilobites. Well, we found both! We left Birmingham expecting a high of 50, however, that must have been in the wee hours of the morning, as the temperature hovered in the mid-30's all day. Brrr!! But that didn't keep the fossils inside, nor did it deter detemined fossil seekers.
Our first stop was a roadcut where numerous specimens of coral were found, many too large to carry home.
08-02-vl-3-trilobite-jan-plus-890
Submitted by admin2 on Sun, 03/02/2008 - 10:18pmFebruary 17, 2007 - Mississippian Fossils, Franklin Co, AL
Submitted by Nancy Kenfield Lea on Mon, 02/19/2007 - 11:00pmOnce again, the word, "intrepid" comes to mind when BPS makes a midwinter trip! With the temps in the upper 30's and low 40's and 15-20 mph winds, it was a toss up as to which trip to this site was the coldest! In spite of the weather, around 23 fossil seekers came for the fun. Our first stop was under sunny skys and slight winds which
December 3, 2005 - Lawrence, Franklin and Colbert Co, AL
Submitted by Vicki Lais on Tue, 12/06/2005 - 11:00pmOctober 2, 2004 - Lawrence and Colbert Co, AL
Submitted by Vicki Lais on Mon, 10/04/2004 - 11:00pmMarch 13, 2004 - Mississippian Fossils, Morgan Co, AL
Submitted by Vicki Lais on Fri, 03/12/2004 - 11:00pmWe began our field trip for this month at a quarry in Jefferson County, to view specimens in the quarry classroom. Then we caravaned to the collecting site in Morgan Co, AL (except Vicki, who was talking so much to Bill and Adelle that she failed to see everyone else passing her on the interstate ...)
We had a wonderful day of collecting, beautiful weather and great turnout. We went to a new spot in the quarry, in addition to the site from last year. Collecting is in the Mississippian Period (340-310 mya), in
October 25, 2003 - Franklin Co, AL
Submitted by Vicki Lais on Sat, 10/25/2003 - 11:00pmMarch 29, 2003 - Morgan and Lawrence Co, AL
Submitted by Vicki Lais on Fri, 03/28/2003 - 11:00pmThis month, BPS visited the "education center" of a local Jefferson County quarry, where school children are taught about quarry operations in a nice building with a great view of the quarry, and a small working model of the conveyor activity. Inside, there were numerous fossil displays exhibiting fossils from many of their quarry locations