exogyra
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Submitted by admin2 on Sun, 07/06/2008 - 10:48pm
Fossil shells laying on top of an exogyra.
August 19-20, 2006 - Cretaceous Fossils, Lowndes Co, AL
Submitted by Nancy Kenfield Lea on Thu, 08/24/2006 - 11:00pmOnce again BPS was out in the boonies with the
ATV’s! Greg even
brought his own ride this trip. Go, Greg! Gorgeous
weather, good turn-out. Sandy Ebersole, a
new BPS
member from the Geological Survey of Alabama, was interested in
examining the formation to determine if it is part of the same Ripley
Formation she is studying at Coon Creek in Tennessee. Sandy
and
October 23, 2004 - Cretaceous Fossils, Tuscaloosa and Hale Co, AL
Submitted by Nancy Kenfield Lea on Tue, 10/26/2004 - 11:00pmOctober
saw the troops
headed to Hale
county, AL to a favorite creek. After meeting at a rest area,
we
headed South to Tuscaloosa where we made a stop at the Museum of
Natural History on the University campus. Great fossil
collections as well as a fun exhibit of bugs and bats caught
everybody's interest. We were delighted to see that
the
November 22, 2003 - Dallas Co, AL
Submitted by Vicki Lais on Sat, 11/22/2003 - 11:00pmThis month BPS did several stops in Dallas
County. None of the
sites were prolific, but each site was easily accessible. At
our
first stop, a mosausaur bone had been discovered on the scouting trip,
so Steve and Greg spent most of their time excavating the bones on top
that were weathering. Three bones were collected, though it
appears
June 09, 2001 - Lowndes Co, AL
Submitted by Vicki Lais on Sun, 06/10/2001 - 11:00pmOn June 9-10, BPS members spent the weekend in Loundes County, Alabama, where they found Cretaceous fossils. Numerous fossilized crabs and shark teeth
were collected on this field trip. The crab nodules and exogyra below are from a resident near
the site, who helped us gain permission to collect on the property.
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