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September 28, 2019 - Cretaceous, Perry, Al
Submitted by Ann Strozier on Sun, 10/27/2019 - 1:11pmOn Saturday, September 28, a sizable group of BPS members and guests got together to take advantage of the unseasonably hot weather to visit a favorite creek in Perry County. After a stop at a local burger restaurant that served very tasty biscuits, we caravanned to the site – off-roading a little bit at the end. The dry weather was definitely in our favor there!
September 22, 2018 - Cretaceous Fossils, Dallas and Perry County, Al.
Submitted by Ann Strozier on Sat, 09/29/2018 - 1:15pmOn Saturday, Sept. 22, a nice-sized group of BPS members and guests gathered in anticipation of
June 30, 2018 - Cretaceous Fossils, Dallas and Perry County, Al.
Submitted by Ann Strozier on Sun, 07/01/2018 - 2:10pmI want to start this trip report with a huge thank you to Tim for escorting the group on the first half of the trip and for patiently answering all of the questions. We couldn’t have done it without you!!!
July 11, 2009 - Cretaceous Fossils, Greene Co, AL
Submitted by admin2 on Mon, 08/03/2009 - 2:17pmBPS members and guests headed down to Greene county, Alabama for our July trip. This site is a creek covered with pea gravel - making screening for shark teeth and other fossils quite difficult. However, most found it fairly easy to spot the fossils lying on top of the gravel. Numerous shark teeth were found, a couple of mosasaur teeth, several ptychodus teeth, a gar vertebra and tooth, c
August 16, 2008 - Cretaceous - Dallas and Perry Counties, Alabama
Submitted by admin2 on Sun, 10/12/2008 - 5:24pmDay 1 Friday Day 2 Saturday Day 3 Sunday
A weekend trip to the Cretaceous chalk gullies of Dallas County Alabama and a creek in Perry county turned up numerous fossils. Ancient creatures, including shark, turtle, mosasaur, ptychodus, fish, clam, and ammonite were found during the three day weekend trip.
March 11, 2007 - Cretaceous Fossils, Greene Co, AL
Submitted by Bob Stewart on Wed, 03/14/2007 - 11:00pmWe met at a rest area then caravaned to Greene County where we met our host who guided us to his property. We parked most of our vehicles then piled into several pickups and SUV's for the last 2 miles to the site. The site was a beautiful 80 acre parcel of high land on the Sipsey River which was underlain by
October 23, 2004 - Cretaceous Fossils, Tuscaloosa and Hale Co, AL
Submitted by Nancy Kenfield Lea on Tue, 10/26/2004 - 11:00pm