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Winner Of The August 2010 Vertebrate Find Of The Month!

Started by JohnJ, Sep 06 2010 02:02 AM

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#1 JohnJ

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Posted 06 September 2010 - 02:02 AM

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The Winner of the August 2010 Vertebrate Find Of The Month is an unidentified dolphin skull found in the Miocene / Early Pliocene Tangahoe Formation of Taranaki, NZ! Congratulations Dave (POM) Allen! We all hope to see more of this important skull as research and prep work continue.

Thanks to everyone that shared your finds this month.
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Posted 06 September 2010 - 03:25 AM

Congrats on an amazing fossil!

Edited by jsw, 06 September 2010 - 03:26 AM.

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Posted 06 September 2010 - 03:27 AM

Congrats on your win! That skull is amazing. :D
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Posted 06 September 2010 - 04:13 AM

Congratulations on a great find and great prep work.


View PostJohnJ, on 06 September 2010 - 02:02 AM, said:

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The Winner of the August 2010 Vertebrate Find Of The Month is an unidentified dolphin skull found in the Miocene / Early Pliocene Tangahoe Formation of Taranaki, NZ! Congratulations Dave (POM) Allen! We all hope to see more of this important skull as research and prep work continue.

Thanks to everyone that shared your finds this month.

#5 Terry Dactyll

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Posted 06 September 2010 - 06:28 AM

DavePOMallen.... Congratulations....I had to 'flipper' coin to decide this category... nice find and keep us posted.... :goodjob:
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Posted 06 September 2010 - 08:24 AM

:) Congrats on the win,it sure grabbed my vote as soon as I seen it. :goodjob:
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Posted 06 September 2010 - 08:38 AM

Congrats Dave, nice skull..Posted Image

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Posted 06 September 2010 - 11:15 AM

Excellent find and sure hope you give us any updates
on it regarding it's ID..

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Posted 06 September 2010 - 02:08 PM

awesome find, congrats
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Posted 06 September 2010 - 02:21 PM

That is truly an amazing fossil and well deserved of VFOTM, congrats!!!
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Posted 06 September 2010 - 03:16 PM

what a find. congratulations.
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Posted 07 September 2010 - 08:27 PM

CONGRATS!

I look forward to making a nice entry one day soon! Probably be the month everyone finds a Fully articulated vertebrate though, and Im here with a Camel tooth! LOL Awesome find, one thing is you cant find it sitting at a computer all day!

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Posted 08 September 2010 - 06:35 PM

View PostBOHUNTER, on 07 September 2010 - 08:27 PM, said:

CONGRATS!

I look forward to making a nice entry one day soon! Probably be the month everyone finds a Fully articulated vertebrate though, and Im here with a Camel tooth! LOL Awesome find, one thing is you cant find it sitting at a computer all day!
wow amazing find! congrats!! :D
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#14 Dave (POM) Allen

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Posted 08 September 2010 - 07:37 PM

Thanks everyone for all the kind words .I am going to stop entering this and give others a chance, i am finding material worthy of entry all the time, but will just find other ways of sharing with you all.
I am off for a walk along the beach today and just dont know what i may find, 2 days ago found a nice seal jaw already tidied it up and it look awesome heres a quick shot of it. Happy hunting all.

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Posted 09 September 2010 - 07:11 AM

Hi Dave... just forgot to congratulate you. Great find!!!!

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Posted 10 September 2010 - 12:24 AM

Hey Dave,

Congratulations! By the way, I can offer an identification now. This is a Delphinid odontocete, the group that includes "true" or oceanic dolphins. This is something fairly closely related to the extant genus Stenella.

And as for that pinniped jaw, that is a true seal (Phocidae), whereas the modern jaw is from Arctocephalus forsteri, the New Zealand Fur Seal (which is not a "true" seal, but much more closely related to sea lions).

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Posted 30 September 2010 - 05:40 PM

Sweet! congratulations. B) B) B) :)
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