shells
08-03-vl-shell-calamites-5945
Submitted by admin2 on Mon, 04/14/2008 - 1:08am
Fossil shells and calamites
June 23, 2007 - Eocene Fossils, Covington Co, AL
Submitted by Nancy Kenfield Lea on Sun, 06/24/2007 - 11:00pmJune 24, 2006 - Cretaceous Fossils, Montgomery and Elmore Co, AL
Submitted by Vicki Lais on Mon, 06/26/2006 - 11:00pmA relatively small group of BPS members went to a creek in Montgomery County for today's trip - could it be some people were scared off by the thoughts of 95 degree weather in the sweltering sun? To get an idea of our weather, go to your bathroom, turn the shower on the hottest it will go, close the door so steam can build up, turn off the A/C, then take your laptop in there and
October 23, 2004 - Cretaceous Fossils, Tuscaloosa and Hale Co, AL
Submitted by Nancy Kenfield Lea on Tue, 10/26/2004 - 11:00pmApril 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 16, 2003 - Pickens Co, AL
Submitted by Vicki Lais on Sat, 02/15/2003 - 11:00pmSeptember 29, 2001 - Covington Co, AL
Submitted by Vicki Lais on Sat, 09/29/2001 - 11:00pmJune 15, 2001 - New Hanover Co, NC
Submitted by Vicki Lais on Tue, 06/19/2001 - 11:00pmThis month BPS members took a long weekend, from June 15-17, driving to several quarries near Wilmington, North Carolina where Ashley had made arrangements to collect. There were numerous shells found at these sites, many in almost perfect condition. If one didn't know better, they could be mistaken for recent material.
(Photos courtesy Vicki Lais)
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