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Submitted by admin2 on Sun, 12/02/2007 - 9:34pm
brachiopod
Ft. Payne Limestone
Ft. Payne chert
Mississippian
Alabama›Saint Clair
2007-11-17
fossil brachiopod impressions

Brachiopod impressions

November 17, 2007 - Mississippian Fossils, St. Clair Co, AL

Submitted by Vicki Lais on Sat, 12/01/2007 - 11:00pm
Alabama›Saint Clair
Ft. Payne chert
Tuscumbia Limestone
Mississippian
brachiopod
crinoid
bryozoan
trilobite

This month 14 people showed up for the BPS trip and collected in Mississippian age fossils in St. Clair county, Alabama. Along with the perfect brachopods and horned coral, quite a few trilobite parts were found in the Ft. Payne chert.

Photos courtesy Martha Ivey and Vicki Lais.

October 28, 2006 - Mississippian Fossils, Blount Co, AL

Submitted by Nancy Kenfield Lea on Sun, 10/29/2006 - 11:00pm
Alabama›Blount
Carboniferous
brachiopod
trilobite
coral
A trip to Blount County gave BPS a chance to visit "crinoid stem central!" While out on a service call, Greg had the good fortune to meet a lady who had just seen him on TV the night before, talking about the Homewood Library fossil exhibit. She and her next door neighbor turned out to be

September 30, 2006 - Paleozoic Fossils and Rocks, Jefferson Co, AL, Part 2

Submitted by Vicki Lais on Mon, 10/02/2006 - 11:00pm
Alabama›Jefferson
Paleozoic
brachiopod
crinoid
bryozoan
trilobite
Page 1 - General trip photos
Page 2 - Fossils and minerals (this page)

The Red Mountain road cut rocks were formed million of years ago when North America was covered by a shallow sea. Fossils from the Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian, and Mississippian ages are found at this site. Members found a good selection of fossils, including numerous brachiapods, the pygidium of a Llandovacaste birminghamensis trilobite (used in the BPS logo), graptolites, unidentified plant

August 19-20, 2006 - Cretaceous Fossils, Lowndes Co, AL

Submitted by Nancy Kenfield Lea on Thu, 08/24/2006 - 11:00pm
Alabama›Lowndes
Cretaceous
brachiopod
crab
exogyra
ammonite
gastropod
clam
shark vertebra
Once 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

May 6-7, 2006 - Cretaceous Fossils, Lowndes Co, AL

Submitted by Nancy Kenfield Lea on Tue, 05/09/2006 - 11:00pm
Alabama›Lowndes
Cretaceous
brachiopod
crab
ammonite
sawfish tooth
shark tooth
mosasaur tooth
swordfish tooth

This 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

March 18, 2006 - Mississippian Fossils, St. Clair Co, AL

Submitted by Nancy Kenfield Lea on Sun, 03/19/2006 - 11:00pm
Alabama›Saint Clair
Mississippian
brachiopod
crinoid
trilobite
archimedes
coral
sponge
BPS members collected in St. Clair county, Alabama this month. The weather started out a little chilly, but turned into a perfect, pleasant day. The first stop was a Mississippian age road cut, where geologic uplift is obvious. There we found several varieties of coral, including quite a few large horned coral, brachiopods, and sponges in layers of the

August 20, 2005 - Eocene Fossils, Covington and Cretaceous Fossils, Montgomery Co, AL

Submitted by Vicki Lais on Mon, 08/22/2005 - 11:00pm
Alabama›Covington
Alabama›Montgomery
Cretaceous
brachiopod
coral
ammonite
turtle
ptychodus tooth
shark tooth
What 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

April 23, 2005 - Cretaceous Fossils, Sumter Co, AL

Submitted by Vicki Lais on Fri, 04/22/2005 - 11:00pm
Alabama›Sumter
Late Cretaceous
brachiopod
bryozoan
ammonite
gastropod
mosasaur
cephalopod
fossil wood
pelecypod
steinkern
Another 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

November 20, 2004 - Mississippian Fossils, St. Clair Co, AL

Submitted by Leisa Whitlow on Sun, 11/21/2004 - 11:00pm
Alabama›Saint Clair
Mississippian
brachiopod
crinoid
archimedes
coral

Donning orange and blue, red and white, or...mud and well, a little more mud, the BPS explored a new site in St. Clair County, Alabama. The weather was just a tad misty after our outing but cool and comfortable during our adventure. Our fearless leader led us to a Mississippian age roadcut yeilding some of the

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