JohnJ Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 OK, we have already had a sneak peek at few stunning March finds. Let's get out there and find some more! The objective is to have fun. So carefully read the rules below, and go make some great finds! Entries will be taken through March 31st. Please let us know if you have any questions, and thanks for sharing more of your fossils and research this month. To view the Winning Fossils from past contests visit the Find Of The Month Winner's Gallery. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Rules for The Fossil Forum's Vertebrate and Invertebrate/Plant Find of the Month Contests 1. You find a great Vertebrate Fossil or Invertebrate/Plant Fossil! Only fossils found by you. 2. Post your entry in the Find of the Month topic. Use a separate post for each entry. 3. Your Fossil must have been found during the Month of the Contest, or the significant Preparation of your Fossil must have been completed during the Month of the Contest. 4. You must include the Date of your Discovery or the Date of Preparation Completion. 5. You must include the common or scientific name. 6. You must include the Geologic Age or Geologic Formation where the Fossil was found. 7. Play fair. No bought fossils. Shortly after the end of the Month, separate Polls will be created for the Vertebrate and Invertebrate/Plant Find of the Month. The maximum entries allowed by the Polling software will be selected for each contest by the staff. In addition to the fun of a contest, we also want to learn more about the Fossils. So, only entries posted with a CLEAR photo and that meet the other guidelines will be placed into the Poll. Within a few days, we will know the two winning Finds of the Month! Now, go find your fossil, do your research, and make an entry! The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundancer73 Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 (edited) Guess I'll go first. Gomphothere molar found Mar 3. 2011 in a North Florida river. 5 1/4" Pics by Cris. ~Mike Edited March 4, 2011 by Sundancer73 1 All your fossils are belong to us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreekCrawler Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 Guess I'll go first. Gomphothere molar found Mar 3. 2011 in a North Florida river. 5 1/4" Pics by Cris. ~Mike Ok, you win Great find man!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nala Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 This is a Micraster coranguinum (Leske, 1778)found Mar 3. 2011 in the Turonian cliffs of Ault Picardy Northern France,it is a very common species but it is the first time i see one fossilised in a pyrite nodule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nala Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 This is a Echinocorys (Leske, 1778)found Mar 3. 2011 in the Turonian cliffs of Ault Picardy Northern France,it is a very common species but it is the first time i see one flint fossilised in a so perfect shape Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worthy 55 Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 Guess I'll go first. Gomphothere molar found Mar 3. 2011 in a North Florida river. 5 1/4" Pics by Cris. ~Mike Got my vote Mike, really a nice tooth. It's my bone!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edd Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 Mike, wanna trade? " We're all puppets, I'm just a puppet who can see the strings. " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foshunter Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 Mike---Super nice tooth.--Tom Grow Old Kicking And Screaming !!"Don't Tread On Me" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 Nice specimen ! Coco ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Sharks Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 (edited) OK, I realize it hasn't been too long since I won this contest once, but this piece is too good not to enter. I found it originally in 2008 and it had been sitting in my garage ever since. I could see that there were at least partial cystoids on it, but I thought that's all they were -partials. I showed it to Trilobitologist and he had a totally different opinion. He figured there were 5 cystoids, and likely more or less complete. I let him do the prep, and a nice job it was. Turns out, there are 8 basically complete Pleurocystites cystoids (7 dorsal, 1 ventral) a couple of other partials and a decent little Isotomocrinus crinoid crown. It's hard to see in the pic, but it's just above the 5" marker. Prep was completed Mar 3, and this is now arguably the centerpiece of my collection. From the Ordovician age, Bobcaygeon Formation in Brechin, Ontario (site closed to collectors since 2009) Edited March 7, 2011 by Northern Sharks There's no limit to what you can accomplish when you're supposed to be doing something else Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erik m Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 Here is a verry rare find in the Netherlands. It is a seal tooth fond in mill and it is from the Neogeen deposit. I fond this tooth on 3 march it was verry cold that day and there was not much to be fond only this rare seal tooth. That did make my day. :Bananasaur: :Bananasaur: Greetings Erik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astron Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 (edited) Hello all. My entry for this month is a very rare date palm Phoenix Theophrastii leaves fossil found on 27 Feb. with the prep. completed on 1 March. Dimensions: 10''-25cm x 6''-15cm. Location: Middle Crete island, Greece Age: Late miocene. This species known as cretan palm is endemic to Crete island and exists nowadays. Fossils of it have been found in three places of the island but this is the first one in my area. In my google searches I have never seen a both counterparts presentation of such a fossil as this one is. Good luck everyone. Edited March 8, 2011 by astron Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosmoceras Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 Guess I'll go first. Gomphothere molar found Mar 3. 2011 in a North Florida river. 5 1/4" Pics by Cris. ~Mike Wow!!!!!!!!!! I wish I had one of those in my collection! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohiofossilhunter Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 Another month without any fossils to enter. Almost every single creek near us is at or above flood stage so my close sites are all under water Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darwin Ahoy Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 Month is still young...no worries! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boneman007 Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 OK, I realize it hasn't been too long since I won this contest once, but this piece is too good not to enter. I found it originally in 2008 and it had been sitting in my garage ever since. I could see that there were at least partial cystoids on it, but I thought that's all they were -partials. I showed it to Trilobitologist and he had a totally different opinion. He figured there were 5 cystoids, and likely more or less complete. I let him do the prep, and a nice job it was. Turns out, there are 8 basically complete Pleurocystites cystoids (7 dorsal, 1 ventral) a couple of other partials and a decent little Isotomocrinus crinoid crown. It's hard to see in the pic, but it's just above the 5" marker. Prep was completed Mar 3, and this is now arguably the centerpiece of my collection. From the Ordovician age, Bobcaygeon Formation in Brechin, Ontario (site closed to collectors since 2009) WOW! Nice cystoid plate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njcreekhunter Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 (edited) Hadrosaur tooth from Monmouth county New Jersey. It's the tooth on the upper right. Edited March 14, 2011 by sharktoothboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted March 14, 2011 Author Share Posted March 14, 2011 Hadrosaur tooth from Monmouth county New Jersey. It's the tooth on the upper right. Could you post a few photos from other angles? Thanks. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 Hadrosaur tooth from Monmouth county New Jersey. It's the tooth on the upper right. A cropped pic: "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njcreekhunter Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 (edited) Thanks Auspex. Here are pictures of the back of the tooth and a side view. I couldn't really get great pics but I tried the best I could.The date of discovery is 3/13/11 Edited March 15, 2011 by sharktoothboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trapper Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 Great finds everyone. Keep up the great work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted March 19, 2011 Share Posted March 19, 2011 Well, guess I will add my Notorynchus primigenius lower symphyseal tooth. a rather rare find. Found on March 17 in pile of Lee Creek reject material. Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt behind the trailer, my desert Them red clay piles are heaven on earth I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt Patterson Hood; Drive-By Truckers May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paleoc Posted March 19, 2011 Share Posted March 19, 2011 (edited) I wasn't planning on doing this but I have to throw this in: Paleocarcharodon orientalis Lower anterior tooth, 25mm slant - found on 18 March, Potomac River, Charles County, MD - Piscataway member of the Aquia Formation, Selandian, Paleocene 59mya Edited March 19, 2011 by Paleoc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bear-dog Posted March 19, 2011 Share Posted March 19, 2011 Guess I'll go first. Gomphothere molar found Mar 3. 2011 in a North Florida river. 5 1/4" Pics by Cris. ~Mike Show-off. :lol: No seriously great find.Finding one of those are on my bucket list. :bow: Bear-dog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frenchtrilobite Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 I add my find ! My best find since a very long time! It is not teeth but a trilobite A very rare Eccoptochile mariana from the Dariwillian (Ordovician) from the South of Rennes, France. Found the 8th march 2011 and finished to be prepared the 11th. My new website : http://www.trilobite.fr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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