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Don't Let Quarry Days Pass You By
In April, the APS was able to visit a fabulous quarry in north Alabama featuring the Bangor Limestone. Our participants lined-up ready to...
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May 17, 20231 min read
The APS Covered Florida to Mississippi in March
March was a busy month for the APS and I am going to provide a short synopsis of each of our activities in this entry. We started the...
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Apr 16, 20232 min read
Shark Teeth, Decapods, and Otoliths - Oh My!
The APS enjoyed a beautiful collecting day in January. We hit the road to Northeast Mississippi to collect in the Cretaceous Coon Creek...
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Feb 14, 20231 min read
A Cold December Day in Bangor
...well the Bangor Limestone of the northwest corner of Alabama anyway! We visited a popular site in the Mississippian rocks of Alabama...
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Jan 23, 20233 min read
Cretaceous Vertebrates Once Again Rule the Day
On 12 November the APS was invited by the Alabama Museum of Natural History (AMNH) to visit an incredible fossil location in the...
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Nov 15, 20222 min read
APS Hosts Alabama Elementary Schools on Fossil Trips
The APS was thrilled to host two elementary schools in October and November from North Alabama to learn about the rich fossil record in...
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Nov 15, 20222 min read
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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Aug 11, 20222 min read
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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Jun 30, 20221 min read
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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Jun 29, 20222 min read
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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May 27, 20222 min read
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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Mar 9, 20221 min read
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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Feb 21, 20222 min read
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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Oct 17, 20212 min read
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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Oct 17, 20212 min read
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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Oct 2, 20212 min read
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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Jul 30, 20211 min read
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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Jul 3, 20213 min read
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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May 20, 20213 min read
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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May 19, 20212 min read
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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Mar 10, 20214 min read
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