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
August 20, 2005 - Eocene Fossils, Covington and Cretaceous Fossils, Montgomery Co, AL
Submitted by Vicki Lais on Mon, 08/22/2005 - 11:00pmWhat a
hot, humid day this was! According to weather
reports, the temperature hit 97 where we were collecting, and there was
virtually no shade. The first site we visited in
Covington county was a real dud, for multiple reasons. We
knew
there would be a "constant steady discharge" due to some future plans
at 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
October 2, 2004 - Lawrence and Colbert Co, AL
Submitted by Vicki Lais on Mon, 10/04/2004 - 11:00pmThis field trip
to roadcuts in Lawrence and Colbert County, AL included
five stops during the
day. There were a number of students on the trip, who had
been
teased that "you're not going to find any fossils!". They
were
pleasantly surprised! After a long day of collecting, our
youngest participant, Bailey, decided she wanted to come on all our
March 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
February 26, 2000 - Mississippian Fossils, Franklin Co, AL
Submitted by Ron Buta on Sat, 02/26/2000 - 11:00pmEvery year, the BPS visits a lake in Franklin County, Alabama when the lake level is down from normal, exposing rocks from the Bangor Limestone dating back to the late Mississipian Period of geological history (about 320 million years). About 25 BPS members and guests attended the field trip, which took place on a beautiful, sunny, and pleasantly warm day.
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