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
- 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
- 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 20
- 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
- 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 25
- 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
- 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
- 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 20, 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 2, 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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APS, Inc.
- Apr 1, 2020
- 1 min
Social Distancing At Its Finest In Walker County, APS Style
On March 28, 2020, the Alabama Paleontological Society went to Walker County on their monthly fossil hunt and it didn't disappoint! A...
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APS, Inc.
- Mar 13, 2020
- 2 min
Rainy Day APS Field Trip To A Reclaimed Coal Mine
On Saturday 21 December 2019 about a dozen members of the APS went on a half-day field trip to an old coal mine that sets astride the...
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APS, Inc.
- Mar 6, 2020
- 1 min
A Call To All APS Members To Participate
As most of you know, we have the updated APS website running and online. Our goal for this website is to be informative to members and...
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APS, Inc.
- Feb 11, 2020
- 1 min
The Alabama Paleontological Society Field Trip Blog
Welcome to the Alabama Paleontological Society Field Trip Blog members and visitors! It is here we will document the society's field...
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