
“lower” And “middle” Lisbon Formation, Alabama
Fossil collection site in the “lower” and “middle” Lisbon, Choctaw County, Alabama. Environment: offshore. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Rockhounding sites in Alabama — fossils: 80 spots in our directory. Sort live from your phone with near me, or browse all U.S. fossils rockhounding sites and the Alabama state page.
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We currently document 80 fossils collecting sites in Alabama. Each listing includes original descriptions, visitor notes, and last-updated dates when available.
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Fossil collection site in the “lower” and “middle” Lisbon, Choctaw County, Alabama. Environment: offshore. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Little Oak, Shelby County, Alabama. Environment: carbonate indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Ripley, Lowndes County, Alabama. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Little Oak, Shelby County, Alabama. Environment: carbonate indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Moodys Branch, Choctaw County, Alabama. Environment: carbonate indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Odenville, Shelby County, Alabama. Environment: carbonate indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Longview, Shelby County, Alabama. Environment: shallow subtidal indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Tallahatta, Choctaw County, Alabama. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Moodys Branch, Clarke County, Alabama. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Moodys Branch, Conecuh County, Alabama. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Tallahatta, Conecuh County, Alabama. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Lisbon, Geneva County, Alabama. Environment: shallow subtidal indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Mooreville Chalk, Greene County, Alabama. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Mooreville Chalk, Greene County, Alabama. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Mooreville Chalk, Greene County, Alabama. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Chickasawhay Limestone, Choctaw County, Alabama. Environment: carbonate indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Red Bluff Clay, Monroe County, Alabama. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Mooreville Chalk, Pickens County, Alabama. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Lisbon, Choctaw County, Alabama. Environment: shallow subtidal indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Bashi, Alabama. Environment: offshore indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site, Dallas County, Alabama. Environment: terrestrial indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site, Jefferson County, Alabama. Environment: reef, buildup or bioherm. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Tuscahoma, Monroe County, Alabama. Environment: shallow subtidal indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site, Mobile County, Alabama. Environment: terrestrial indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Gosport Sand, Monroe County, Alabama. Environment: shallow subtidal indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Lisbon, Monroe County, Alabama. Environment: shallow subtidal indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Ripley, Alabama. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Eutaw, Macon County, Alabama. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Moodys Branch, Alabama. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Lisbon, Clarke County, Alabama. Environment: coastal indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Lisbon, Clarke County, Alabama. Environment: offshore. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site, Escambia County, Alabama. Environment: coastal indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Eutaw, Dallas County, Alabama. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Prairie Bluff, Sumter County, Alabama. Environment: carbonate indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Hatchetigbee, Coffee County, Alabama. Environment: carbonate indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site, Alabama. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site, Choctaw County, Alabama. Environment: coastal indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site, Dallas County, Alabama. Environment: carbonate indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site, Greene County, Alabama. Environment: carbonate indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Prairie Bluff, Marengo County, Alabama. Environment: coastal indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Little Oak, St. Clair County, Alabama. Environment: carbonate indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Clayton, Alabama. Environment: deep subtidal ramp. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Nanafalia, Marengo County, Alabama. Environment: shallow subtidal indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Nanafalia, Wilcox County, Alabama. Environment: shallow subtidal indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Nanafalia, Dale County, Alabama. Environment: shallow subtidal indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Porters Creek, Wilcox County, Alabama. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Gosport Sand, Clarke County, Alabama. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Nanafalia, Pike County, Alabama. Environment: shallow subtidal indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Marianna Limestone, Washington County, Alabama. Environment: carbonate indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Red Bluff, Choctaw County, Alabama. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Gosport Sand, Choctaw County, Alabama. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Gosport Sand, Clarke County, Alabama. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Newala, Shelby County, Alabama. Environment: carbonate indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Nanafalia, Alabama. Environment: marginal marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Prairie Bluff, Sumter County, Alabama. Environment: carbonate indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Copper Ridge Dolomite, Cherokee County, Alabama. Environment: carbonate indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Prairie Bluff Chalk, Sumter County, Alabama. Environment: carbonate indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Mooreville Chalk, Greene County, Alabama. Environment: carbonate indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site, Alabama. Environment: marginal marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Jackson, Choctaw County, Alabama. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Cook Mountain, Alabama. Environment: carbonate indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Lisbon, Covington County, Alabama. Environment: estuary/bay. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site, Wilcox County, Alabama. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Pratt Ferry, Alabama. Environment: open shallow subtidal. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Naheola, Choctaw County, Alabama. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Naheola, Wilcox County, Alabama. Environment: coastal indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site, Wilcox County, Alabama. Environment: shallow subtidal indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Odenville, St. Clair County, Alabama. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Byram, Monroeville County, Alabama. Environment: carbonate indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Salt Mountain Limestone, Clarke County County, Alabama. Environment: reef, buildup or bioherm. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Yazoo, Clarke County, Alabama. Environment: foreshore. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Porters Creek, Sumter County, Alabama. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Tuscumbia Limestone, Madison County, Alabama. Environment: shallow subtidal indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Gosport, Monroe County, Alabama. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Chickasawhay, Clarke County, Alabama. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Chickasawhay Limestone, Wayne County, Alabama. Environment: carbonate indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Clayton, Crenshaw County, Alabama. Environment: coastal indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Chickasawhay, Clarke County, Alabama. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Marianna Limestone, Choctaw County, Alabama. Environment: carbonate indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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Fossil collection site in the Ripley, Barbour County, Alabama. Environment: marine indet.. Source: Paleobiology Database (PBDB), CC BY 4.0.
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