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Jim Braswell
Feb 82 min read
Kicking Back Looking for Fossils by the Water
In January, we made a return trip to the location of our December Field Trip and were rewarded with a beautiful January day and great...
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Jim Braswell
Dec 29, 20241 min read
Mississippian Age Fossils in NW Alabama
For our December trip, we collected fossils in the Mississippian rocks of NW Alabama in Bangor limestone exposures. After watching the...
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Jim Braswell
Dec 29, 20241 min read
November in the Alabama Chalk Gullies
The APS took a trip to a classic late Cretaceous site in south Alabama for our November Field trip where we looked primarily for marine...
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Jim Braswell
Nov 8, 20242 min read
National Fossil Day at the Albama Museum of Natural History
The theme of this year's event was DINOSAURS!!! The Alabama Museum of Natural History (ALMNH) on the University of Alabama Campus held...
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Jim Braswell
Nov 1, 20241 min read
Collecting a Cretaceous Creek Site
We took advantage of a terrific October day to visit a terrific site representing a near shore Cretaceous marine environment near...
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Jim Braswell
Apr 19, 20242 min read
Collecting Crunchy Cretaceous Crabs
We had a beautiful day to collect Cretaceous crabs in Mississippi, though it did get pretty warm given the work required to free the...
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Jim Braswell
Apr 1, 20242 min read
Limey Mates! - There's Fossils in this Muddy Quarry
The APS took a journey across the state line into southern Mississippi in March to a Lime Quarry in Smith County. As you can tell from...
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Jim Braswell
Apr 1, 20241 min read
APS Supports MMNS 21st Annual Fossil Roadshow
The APS headed to the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science for the 21st Annual Fossil Roadshow on 2 March 2024. This is certainly one of...
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Jim Braswell
Nov 21, 20232 min read
Cretaceous Fossils from the White Gullies of Alabama
These gullies are part of the Mooreville Chalk rock unit, however these are more accurately marls. It was about 75 degrees in general...
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Jim Braswell
Nov 21, 20231 min read
October Wading for Shark Teeth
We finally got a break (we thought) in the high water below the dam on the Conecuh River and seized the opportunity for our field trip to...
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Jim Braswell
Aug 13, 20231 min read
Pennsylvanian Prints and Plants
We lucked out getting a Saturday in July that was warm, but not blazing, in North Alabama. The APS took advantage and got out collecting...
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APS, Inc.
May 17, 20231 min read
Cretaceous Shores of a South Alabama Creek
Our May trip took us to the Cretaceous belt of south Alabama, and as often the case in this part of the country, it was hot and steamy. ...
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APS, Inc.
May 17, 20231 min read
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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APS, Inc.
Apr 16, 20232 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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APS, Inc.
Feb 14, 20231 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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APS, Inc.
Jan 23, 20233 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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APS, Inc.
Nov 15, 20222 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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APS, Inc.
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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APS, Inc.
Aug 11, 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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APS, Inc.
Jun 30, 20221 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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