ammonite
April 23, 2005 - Cretaceous Fossils, Sumter Co, AL
Submitted by Vicki Lais on Fri, 04/22/2005 - 11:00pmAnother
wonderful day on the river! Weather forecast called
for a
cold front to come in, but we were far enough south to enjoy very nice
weather. The river had risen 10-15 feet since the scouting
crew
checked it out the previous week, and much of our collecting area was
under water. The collection area is in the marl limestone
sequences in the
May 22, 2004 - Cretaceous Fossils, Sumter Co, AL
Submitted by Vicki Lais on Sat, 05/22/2004 - 11:00pmAnother boat trip, this
time in Sumter
county, at a river site with huge chalk bluffs.
(The lake
level at the Demopolis Lock was 74.28 feet above sea level).
The
fossils we collected are from the marl limestone sequences in the
Arcola Limestone
Member (Late Cretaceous Campanian 83-74 mya). Last year, Dr.
September 27, 2003 - Sumter Co, AL
Submitted by Vicki Lais on Sat, 09/27/2003 - 11:00pmThis month BPS took to the
water.
There are chalk bluffs along the Tombigbee that can only be reached by
boat. Dr. Charlie Smith has done many years of research on
this
site, and provided a wonderful lecture and handouts to a group of eager
amateurs. A number of straight cephalopods, gastropods, and
even
ammonites were found. A fish jaw, with teeth, was found on
May 24, 2002 - Lowndes Co, AL
Submitted by Vicki Lais on Thu, 05/23/2002 - 11:00pmBPS members spent the weekend of May 24-26 on a camping trip to
a Lowndes County, Alabama, hunting club, to collect in creeks and gullies.
We found crabs in nodules, ammonites, turritella, and had a great time!
John brought his telescope, and we spent a long time just gazing at the
stars at night, and joined the "next door neighbors" at their campfire.
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