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February 1, 2020 - Mississippian, Franklin County, Alabama
Submitted by Ann Strozier on Sat, 02/01/2020 - 9:13pmTrip number 2, for the win! On Saturday, February 1, 2020, eight BPS members and guests met in a parking lot in Russellville to gather permits, supplies and biscuits before returning to the lake where we had collected just a short time ago. The weather was nearly a repeat with gloomy skies and chilly temps and winds but no one was thwarted in the least. We intended to have a leisurely look along the shore that was so forthcoming last time but had a lucky change of direction instead.
March 2, 2019 - Mississippian, Morgan County
Submitted by Ann Strozier on Mon, 03/11/2019 - 1:52pmOn Saturday, March 2, 2019, numerous BPS members and guests traveled through the pouring rain to a fairly close limestone quarry to look for fossils. The rain stopped by the time we reached the rendezvous location but the temperature began to rapidly drop. That did not deter any of the fossil enthusiasts nor did it deter our hosts, thankfully!
February 24, 2018 - Mississippian Fossils, Franklin Co, Alabama
Submitted by Ann Strozier on Mon, 02/26/2018 - 11:22amFor the February field trip, six stalwart fossil hunters ignored the gloomy forecast and journeyed through a storm front to a lovely Franklin County lake site. As it turned out, the weather was perfectly suited to fossil hunting with partly sunny
August 2, 2014, Covington County, AL
Submitted by admin2 on Fri, 11/21/2014 - 7:08pm
March 5, 2011 - Mississippian Fossils, Franklin Co, AL
Submitted by admin2 on Sun, 03/06/2011 - 12:05amOkay, how many of you let a 90% chance of rain stop you from coming on the field trip?
Six of us showed up to hunt fossils in spite of the predictions of 90% rain over the entire south. The weather report was correct this time! It didn't rain on the way there, lulling us into believing it would hold off most of the day.
With such a small group we decided to go to a location where we have not been in several years. This location has a very poor road with large potholes, not much room to park, and a short hike to get to the lake.
January 22, 2011 - Devonian Fossils - St. Clair County, AL
Submitted by admin2 on Sun, 01/30/2011 - 11:08pmBPS members headed to St. Clair County this month to search for Devonian fossils. With the past week having numerous days below freezing, we were hoping the predicted 48 degrees would be bearable. It actually turned out to be a very pleasant sunny day. After a too-long hiatus from fossil trips, we had members showing up from Huntsville, Birmingham, Mobile, Anniston, Montgomery, and Georgia to spend the day outside digging in the dirt. Quite literally! We had been asked to collect soil samples for Jun Ebersole so the first order of business was to collect baggies of dirt.
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.
April 11, 2009 - Mississippian Fossils, Morgan Co, AL, Part 2
Submitted by admin2 on Sat, 06/27/2009 - 2:37pmPart 2 - Trip Photos (this page)
This Mississippian limestone quarry yielded a variety of fossils, including crinoids, blastoids, a very ancient shark tooth by the name Petalodus, archimedes, bryozoans, brachiopods, Rugosa and other corals, and even part of a trilobite.
(Photos courtesy Ron Beerman, Becky Guthrie, and Vicki Lais)
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