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September 22, 2007 - Mississipian Fossils, Blount Co, AL
Submitted by Nancy Kenfield Lea on Sat, 09/29/2007 - 5:21pmA trip to a quarry in the Mississippian age, Fort Payne chert was on the schedule for BPS' field trip in September. It was a beautiful day with a good turnout. THe quarry had been dug out since out last visit so we were able to look around the freshly-exposed areas. Sylvie and Michael made a heroic effort to find a trilobite in some of the material that resembled Frog Mtn. formation, but to no avail. We wandered freely over the huge quarry area, finding crinoid stems, brachiopods, corals and a number of nice geodes.
February 17, 2007 - Mississippian Fossils, Franklin Co, AL
Submitted by Nancy Kenfield Lea on Mon, 02/19/2007 - 11:00pmOnce again, the word, "intrepid" comes to mind when BPS makes a midwinter trip! With the temps in the upper 30's and low 40's and 15-20 mph winds, it was a toss up as to which trip to this site was the coldest! In spite of the weather, around 23 fossil seekers came for the fun. Our first stop was under sunny skys and slight winds which
December 16, 2006 - Mississippian & Ordovician Fossils, Jefferson Co, AL
Submitted by Nancy Kenfield Lea on Sun, 12/17/2006 - 11:00pmSeptember 30, 2006 - Paleozoic Fossils and Rocks, Jefferson Co, AL, Part 2
Submitted by Vicki Lais on Mon, 10/02/2006 - 11:00pmThe 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
March 18, 2006 - Mississippian Fossils, St. Clair Co, AL
Submitted by Nancy Kenfield Lea on Sun, 03/19/2006 - 11:00pmDecember 3, 2005 - Lawrence, Franklin and Colbert Co, AL
Submitted by Vicki Lais on Tue, 12/06/2005 - 11:00pmNovember 20, 2004 - Mississippian Fossils, St. Clair Co, AL
Submitted by Leisa Whitlow on Sun, 11/21/2004 - 11:00pmDonning 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
October 2, 2004 - Lawrence and Colbert Co, AL
Submitted by Vicki Lais on Mon, 10/04/2004 - 11:00pmMarch 13, 2004 - Mississippian Fossils, Morgan Co, AL
Submitted by Vicki Lais on Fri, 03/12/2004 - 11:00pmWe began our field trip for this month at a quarry in Jefferson County, to view specimens in the quarry classroom. Then we caravaned to the collecting site in Morgan Co, AL (except Vicki, who was talking so much to Bill and Adelle that she failed to see everyone else passing her on the interstate ...)
We had a wonderful day of collecting, beautiful weather and great turnout. We went to a new spot in the quarry, in addition to the site from last year. Collecting is in the Mississippian Period (340-310 mya), in
February 22, 2004 - Jefferson Co, AL
Submitted by Greg Mestler on Sat, 02/21/2004 - 11:00pmPages
