horned coral

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BPS fossil field trip

Archimedes, horned coral, crinoid head

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shells and coral

Shell impressions and pieces of cora.

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brachiopods and coral

Molds of brachiopods and horned coral.

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horn coral

Nice horned coral.

December 3, 2005 - Lawrence, Franklin and Colbert Co, AL

This month, BPS members and guests headed to NW Alabama. When we left Birmingham, the weather was mild, though a little overcast. By the time we met, the wind had picked up and an icy chill was in the air, and there was a heavy cloud cover, so several of us donned warmer clothing. As we left, the drizzle began. Oh, no, it never rains on BPS trips, this

March 29, 2003 - Morgan and Lawrence Co, AL

This 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

September 28, 2002 - Montgomery Co, AL

We visited two late Cretaceous sites in Montgomery County, Alabama, where we collected primarily shark teeth and echinoids. A surprise awaited - one site we have visited for years used to have a huge sand pile shaped like a mushroom that was filled with shark teeth. The mushroom

November 20, 1999 - Bibb Co, AL

This Saturday field trip was the first visit even by veteran BPS members to a quarry located in north Bibb County. The rocks from this quarry have been used as rip-rap at several highway locations, the best ones I know of being on a ramp at Exit 79 and between Exits 77 and 79 on

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