Paleozoic
February 2, 2019 - Mississippian, Franklin County, Al.
Submitted by Ann Strozier on Tue, 02/05/2019 - 11:12amSaturday, Feb. 2, 2019 was an absolutely PERFECT day for a field trip! There were
09-04-vl-3150-shark-tooth
Submitted by admin2 on Wed, 06/10/2009 - 12:23am
Close up of an unusual shark tooth.
April 11, 2009 - Mississippian Fossils, Morgan Co, AL
Submitted by Ron Beerman on Sun, 06/07/2009 - 11:00pmOn 11 April, BPS visited a quarry in Morgan county. After signing in and filling out all the release forms we were escorted to the dig site. The quarry contains limestone, and the fossils found were primarily from the Mississippian Period of the Paleozoic Era.
09-04-vl-3151-jessica
Submitted by admin2 on Sun, 06/07/2009 - 10:33pm
Jessica with her slab containing a large crinoid.
09-04-vl-3157-coral
Submitted by admin2 on Sun, 06/07/2009 - 9:04pm
Large horned coral on a huge boulder.
09-04-vl-3106-james
Submitted by admin2 on Sun, 06/07/2009 - 9:04pm
James Lamb spent close to two hours carefully chipping out a Petalodus shark tooth found by Becky.
09-04-vl-3094-crinoid-slab
Submitted by admin2 on Sun, 06/07/2009 - 9:04pm
Slab of limestone totally filled with crinoid stems.
09-04-vl-3044-blastoid
Submitted by admin2 on Sun, 06/07/2009 - 9:04pm
Some fossils are very hard to spot. There is a blastoid lying in this gravel wash.
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