bryozoan
March 2, 2019 - Mississippian, Morgan County
Submitted by Ann Strozier on Mon, 03/11/2019 - 1:52pmOn Saturday, March 2, 2019, numerous BPS members and guests traveled through the pouring rain to a fairly close limestone quarry to look for fossils. The rain stopped by the time we reached the rendezvous location but the temperature began to rapidly drop. That did not deter any of the fossil enthusiasts nor did it deter our hosts, thankfully!
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-3114-slab
Submitted by admin2 on Sun, 06/07/2009 - 9:04pm
Excellent specimen showing a very long crinoid stem, numerous tiny pieces of crinoid stem, a blastoid, bryozoan, and archimedes stem.
08-02-vl-3-trilobite-jan-plus-890
Submitted by admin2 on Sun, 03/02/2008 - 10:18pm
Trilobite in center, two kinds of coral on left, bryozoan, blastoid
07_11_vl_fenestrate040
Submitted by admin2 on Sun, 12/02/2007 - 9:35pm
Probably part of an archimedes, a bryozoan.
November 17, 2007 - Mississippian Fossils, St. Clair Co, AL
Submitted by Vicki Lais on Sat, 12/01/2007 - 11:00pmThis 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.
December 16, 2006 - Mississippian & Ordovician Fossils, Jefferson Co, AL
Submitted by Nancy Kenfield Lea on Sun, 12/17/2006 - 11:00pmDecember 2, 2006 - Mississippian Fossils, St. Clair Co, AL
Submitted by Nancy Kenfield Lea on Mon, 12/04/2006 - 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
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