Cretaceous
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
June 24, 2006 - Cretaceous Fossils, Montgomery and Elmore Co, AL
Submitted by Vicki Lais on Mon, 06/26/2006 - 11:00pmA relatively small group of BPS members went to a creek in Montgomery County for today's trip - could it be some people were scared off by the thoughts of 95 degree weather in the sweltering sun? To get an idea of our weather, go to your bathroom, turn the shower on the hottest it will go, close the door so steam can build up, turn off the A/C, then take your laptop in there and
May 6-7, 2006 - Cretaceous Fossils, Lowndes Co, AL
Submitted by Nancy Kenfield Lea on Tue, 05/09/2006 - 11:00pmThis May found the troops encamped in Lowndes County for a whole weekend of fossils and good company. Tents, camping vans, pop-up trailers all turned out for the great weekend of food, hunting and sleeping out thanks to the generosity of the hunting camp. Our hosts supplied rides out to gullies and a creek on their property via ATV’s and trailers. Even Sylvie made the bumpy
April 1, 2006 - Cretaceous Fossils, Russell Co, AL
Submitted by Vicki Lais on Tue, 04/04/2006 - 11:00pmOn a gray, overcast day that began with morning drizzle in Birmingham, and an unscheduled side trip to Georgia (don't ask), several BPS members participated in a paleontological salvage operation in Russell county, Alabama. When the sun came out full force later in the day, it made us appreciate the cloud cover!
August 20, 2005 - Eocene Fossils, Covington and Cretaceous Fossils, Montgomery Co, AL
Submitted by Vicki Lais on Mon, 08/22/2005 - 11:00pmWhat a
hot, humid day this was! According to weather
reports, the temperature hit 97 where we were collecting, and there was
virtually no shade. The first site we visited in
Covington county was a real dud, for multiple reasons. We
knew
there would be a "constant steady discharge" due to some future plans
at the
June 25, 2005 - Cretaceous Fossils, Chilton Co, AL
Submitted by Vicki Lais on Sun, 06/26/2005 - 11:00pmThis
month, BPS members and guests returned to a creek in Chilton
county that hasn't been visited by the group in about 6
years.
The weather was perfect, and the creek was ideal for cooling
off.
We obtained permission to enter the creek at a new location, and
everyone found numerous specimens of Cretaceous age petrified/
May 21, 2005 - Cretaceous Fossils, Montgomery Co, AL
Submitted by Vicki Lais on Fri, 05/20/2005 - 11:00pmThis
month, BPS members headed to Montgomery county to collect in the
late Cretaceous. Another beautiful day for being in the
woods,
and playing in a creek. This year, the creek was down, way
down,
so moving from shore to shore was much easier than our last
trip.
A number of nice echinoids and ammonites were found, a variety of
March 19, 2005 - Cretaceous Fossils, Greene Co, AL
Submitted by Vicki Lais on Sun, 03/20/2005 - 11:00pmBPS
members and guests met in the parking lot of the rest area for a
show and tell session prior to the fossil outing. Weather was
fine, but as we got closer to our site, the rain started.
After a
drizzly start, the weather cleared, and it ended up being a great
day. Surface collecting, or digging in one spot in the pea
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
April 17, 2004 - Cretaceous and Pleistocene Fossils, Greene Co, AL
Submitted by Vicki Lais on Sat, 04/17/2004 - 11:00pm This creek site
in Greene
County,
AL is characterized by large quantities of pea gravel, filled with
numerous shark teeth, and the occasional mosasaur vertebra.
Going
east
along the creek one is in Pleistocene age material, while going west
moves
one through an area of Mooreville Chalk (Cretaceous).
A number of teeth from the Goblin shark and crow shark were found by all. (See the July, 2003 trip report for details on these sharks, and more on the geology of this site.)
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A number of teeth from the Goblin shark and crow shark were found by all. (See the July, 2003 trip report for details on these sharks, and more on the geology of this site.)
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