Tall Grass, Hot Rocks, and Paleozoic Trackways
The APS made a trip out to our backyard in August 2022 to hunt trackways, plants and marine fossils from a world class site. This time...
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APS, Inc.
- Jun 30
- 1 min
Cretaceous Crabbing in Northeast Mississippi
On June 25, the APS made a field trip to a borrow pit in Northeast Mississippi to look for Cretaceous marine fossils. The site has been a...
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APS, Inc.
- Jun 29
- 2 min
Dinosaur Egg WIth Embryo Unveiled in Permanent Display at Auburn University
On June 1, 2022 a remarkable dinosaur egg with intact embryo was unveiled on the campus of Auburn University over 50 years after being...
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APS, Inc.
- May 27
- 2 min
Cretaceous Fossils From a Favorite Montgomery Area Creek
On May 15, the APS headed back to a familiar location near Montgomery. The group of about 15 was blessed with a beautiful, though a very...
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APS, Inc.
- Mar 9
- 1 min
APS Joined the Fun at the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science 2022 Fossil Roadshow
The APS made an early morning trek to Jackson, MS on Saturday 5 March for the 2022 Fossil Roadshow hosted at the Mississippi Museum of...
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APS, Inc.
- Feb 21
- 2 min
Fossiling in February
The APS made a return visit to the Pennsylvanian Age rocks of Walker County, Alabama on a gorgeous February day. We had a good group of...
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APS, Inc.
- Oct 17, 2021
- 2 min
National Fossil Day at the Alabama Museum of Natural History
The APS was thrilled to be back out interacting with the public at this years National Fossil Day event at the Alabama Museum of Natural...
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APS, Inc.
- Oct 17, 2021
- 2 min
October Coal Mine Trip
The APS took a return trip to an active coal mine in Jefferson County for their 10 October field trip. We were joined by a group from...
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APS, Inc.
- Oct 2, 2021
- 2 min
A Day At A Montgomery Area Creek Looking For Cretaceous Fossils
The APS headed to the Montgomery area for a late September field trip. The day was warm and dry with bright sun and deep blue skies, and...
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APS, Inc.
- Jul 30, 2021
- 1 min
The Tetrapod (e.g. Dog) Days of Summer
On 10 July, the APS made a return visit to the Pennsylvanian Age rocks of Walker County, Alabama. We had a very small group of intrepid...
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APS, Inc.
- Jul 3, 2021
- 3 min
June Hunt for Carboniferous Trackways
I, personally, was very excited that the Alabama Paleontological Society (APS) hit the field again on 26 June in what has been a very...
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APS, Inc.
- May 20, 2021
- 3 min
Revisit of a Fabulous Mine in Jefferson County
For the second straight weekend the APS had a field trip; this was supposed to be the third straight Saturday in May but the first trip...
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APS, Inc.
- May 19, 2021
- 2 min
Finally The Weather Cooperates
After having several field trips planned for April and the first weekend in May cancelled due to rain, we finally caught a much needed...
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APS, Inc.
- Mar 10, 2021
- 4 min
The Fossils Were Everywhere! A Beautiful Day To Hunt Carboniferous/ Pennsylvanian Period Fossils.
March 6, 2021, Ohhhhh what a day! Saturday was a beautiful blue, cloudless day in Alabama for a fossil hunt on a Carboniferous Period...
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APS, Inc.
- Feb 24, 2021
- 3 min
Frosty February Trip to Walker County
There was quite a bit of excitement building since January to get back out to the strip mine site in Walker County as some large slabs...
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APS, Inc.
- Jan 30, 2021
- 2 min
January 2021 Fossil Hunting – Walker County
The Alabama Paleontological Society (APS) spent a beautiful sunny cool (high in the mid 50s) January day looking for fossils in Walker...
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APS, Inc.
- Jan 5, 2021
- 2 min
Hunting Carboniferous/Mississippian Fossils in North Alabama
The second of January 2021 started off with a bang and it was a chilly one. It was supposed to be a partly sunny to cloudy day in the...
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APS, Inc.
- Dec 16, 2020
- 2 min
Fossil Hunting in the Mississippian Rocks of NW Alabama
December in north Alabama brings lots of rain, cooler temperatures, and also a lot less vegetation and bugs making it a great time to get...
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APS, Inc.
- Oct 19, 2020
- 2 min
Deep Blue October Sky and Fossils - Walker County
In September, the Alabama Paleontological Society (APS) took a field trip to look for rocks and minerals but on October 17, 2020, it was...
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APS, Inc.
- Sep 1, 2020
- 2 min
August 2020 Fossil Hunting – Walker County
On August 29, 2020, with the COVID pandemic still keeping people largely at home, fossil collecting provides a wonderful escape. The...
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