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, 20212 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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APS, Inc.
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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APS, Inc.
Oct 2, 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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APS, Inc.
Jul 30, 20211 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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APS, Inc.
Jul 3, 20213 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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APS, Inc.
May 19, 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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APS, Inc.
May 19, 20212 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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APS, Inc.
Mar 10, 20214 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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APS, Inc.
Feb 24, 20213 min read
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 29, 20212 min read
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, 20212 min read
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, 20202 min read
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, 20202 min read
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, 20202 min read
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, 20201 min read
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, 20202 min read
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, 20201 min read
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, 20201 min read
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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