JohnJ Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 The weather is ending the possibilities for some and increasing them for others. I hope you make an outstanding find this month! The objective is to have fun. So carefully read the rules below, and go make some great finds! Entries will be taken through November 30th. 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...
mikeymig Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 (edited) A great display piece (7" x 5") found on 11/7/2011 with a nice Greenops (1") and two Eldredgeops (1.5"). The Greenops was "bitten" in the side and it has a very nice color pattern. The Eldredgeops can be lifted up to reveal an enrolled Elredgeops underneath. Windom, Livingston County, New York. Edited November 15, 2011 by mikeymig Many times I've wondered how much there is to know. led zeppelin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 Wow! Very nice mikeymig. I wish we could find trilobites here in NC. 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...
TMNH Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 Great find! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vordigern Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 very nice find! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nandomas Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 (edited) Wow! Very nice mikeymig. I wish we could find trilobites here in NC. You guys in NC have great chances to find Ediacaran and very nice trilo related stuff around here http://earth.geology..._11.pdf/196.pdf Edited November 12, 2011 by Nandomas Erosion... will be my epitaph! http://www.paleonature.org/ https://fossilnews.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squalicorax Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 I found this yesterday in St Paul IN Its from the Waldron Shale Decaschisma sp. blastoid 13mm long 10mm at the widest 1 My Flickr Page of My Collection: http://www.flickr.com/photos/79424101@N00/sets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 You guys in NC have great chances to find Ediacaran and very nice trilo related stuff around here http://earth.geology..._11.pdf/196.pdf Well, a "chance" maybe. Piedmont slate belt trilobites are so rare that virtually every specimen, even just fragments, are publication-worthy. Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frenchtrilobite Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 A great display piece (7" x 5") found on 11/7/2011 with a nice Greenops (1") and two Eldredgeops (1.5"). The Greenops was "bitten" in the side and it has a very nice color pattern. The Eldredgeops can be lifted up to reveal an enrolled Elredgeops underneath. Windom, Livingston County, New York. Nice ! My new website : http://www.trilobite.fr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeymig Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 (edited) I wanted to enter one find a month but I think this fossil is cool to. Megastrophia concava (large Brachiopod) with both valves - shells - 2.2" x 1.6" , matrix - 7.5" x 6.5". Moscow fm., Windom shale, Livingston County, NY. found on - 11/07/2011 Edited November 15, 2011 by mikeymig Many times I've wondered how much there is to know. led zeppelin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thair Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 Never entered any of my stuff before but thougth this was cool enough to show off a little. Found November 6th and 7th. Brown County, Central Texas, Penn. Oklahomacrinus sp. crinoid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nandomas Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 (edited) Never entered any of my stuff before but thougth this was cool enough to show off a little. Found November 6th and 7th. Brown County, Central Texas, Penn. Oklahomacrinus sp. crinoid. OHH!!!! che meraviglia! :o Congratulation, Tully Edited November 15, 2011 by Nandomas Erosion... will be my epitaph! http://www.paleonature.org/ https://fossilnews.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archimedes Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 Ophiuroid - Onychaster flexilis found November 14th Nice specimen sitting on a little piece of limestone 1.62 cm wide Lawerence Co.,Ala., Pennington Fm.,upper Chester, upper Mississippian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted November 17, 2011 Author Share Posted November 17, 2011 Ophiuroid - Onychaster flexilis found November 14th Nice specimen sitting on a little piece of limestone 1.62 cm wide Lawerence Co.,Ala., Pennington Fm.,upper Chester, upper Mississippian I had to look this one up...a brittle star with its arms curled under it. It's amazing! The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjaak Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 Very nice finds! Now time for my first entry. Found November 3th. North Sea beach, late Pleistocene. Cute juvenile woolly mammoth molar (upper jaw). Regards, Niels (measures are in cm, size is approx 4 cm/ 1,6 inch) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeymig Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 Very nice finds! Now time for my first entry. Found November 3th. North Sea beach, late Pleistocene. Cute juvenile woolly mammoth molar (upper jaw). Regards, Niels (measures are in cm, size is approx 4 cm/ 1,6 inch) Nice tooth, very cute! How long does it take to stablize a fossil like this after its removed from the sea? Many times I've wondered how much there is to know. led zeppelin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjaak Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 I soak it in water, which I refresh daily for a week or two/three. For big bones or mollars a week or six or more. Then slowly drying and stabilize with aceton/ glue (osteofix). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilnoob Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 Very nice finds! Now time for my first entry. Found November 3th. North Sea beach, late Pleistocene. Cute juvenile woolly mammoth molar (upper jaw). Regards, Niels (measures are in cm, size is approx 4 cm/ 1,6 inch) Wow what a find, what else u got? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobWill Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 (edited) I heard back from Dr. Maisey at the AMNH on my skull find. It's the occipital condyle and very back end of a shark braincase. A fish this size he estimated to be at least 3-4 meters in length with a head over 55 cm across at the back. The paired depressions are for the dorsal aorta. I found it Oct.2 and the prep was completed by Don Fagerston on Nov,9 From the Finis Shale Member Graham Formation Jack County, Texas Pennsylvanian Dr. Maisey will keep the skull long enough to describe it for a publication. This piece is 150mm across Edited November 23, 2011 by BobWill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nandomas Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 (edited) Very nice finds! Now time for my first entry. Found November 3th. North Sea beach, late Pleistocene. Cute juvenile woolly mammoth molar (upper jaw). Regards, Niels (measures are in cm, size is approx 4 cm/ 1,6 inch) Thanks, Niels, for sharing with us this baby beauty... now I can stop thinking which fossil posting this month Cheers Nando Edited November 18, 2011 by Nandomas Erosion... will be my epitaph! http://www.paleonature.org/ https://fossilnews.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOM BUCKLEY Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 (edited) While not dramatic, this plant specimen is very unique in that it is from the Upper Silurian and is one of the earliest vascular land plants. I found it on November 18th of this year at the Ridgemount Quarry, Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada.......while hunting Eurypterids. The football-shaped structures at the end of the two "stems" are sporangia, it's reproductive structures. A unique feature of this specimen is that it is not preserved as an impression but as a very grainy carbonacious film. Another feature worth noting is its size. Most specimens are a few cm whereas this one is ~ 15cm long. This horizon is the only location on the whole of the paleocontinent of Laurentia that yields Cooksonia. I humbly present to you.... Cooksonia sp. Upper Silurian Bertie Group Williamsville Formation. Tom Edited November 28, 2011 by TOM BUCKLEY AVOCATIONAL PALEONTOLOGIST STROKE SURVIVOR CANCER SURVIVOR CURMUDGEON "THERE IS A VERY FINE LINE BETWEEN AVOCATIONAL PALEONTOLOGY AND MENTAL ILLNESS" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whowat13 Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 Here is my first entry for November... One (really puffy) ray dermal denticle. It measures 1 1/4 inches long, by 25/32 of an inch wide, by 3/4 of an inch tall. Found November 19th in the bone valley formation in Polk county, FL. Side view Top view Bottom view Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 While not dramatic, this plant specimen is very unique in that it is from the Upper Silurian and is one of the earliest vascular land plants. I found it on November 18th of this year at the Ridgemount Quarry, Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada.......while hunting Eurypterids. The football-shaped structures at the end of the two "stems" are sporangia, it's reproductive structures. A unique feature of this specimen is that it is not preserved as an impression but as a very grainy carbonacious film. Another feature worth noting is its size. Most specimens are a few cm whereas this one is ~ 15cm long. This horizon is the only location on the whole of the paleocontinent of Laurentia that yields Laurentian Cooksonia. I humbly present to you.... Cooksonia sp. Upper Silurian Bertie Group Williamsville Formation. Tom Tom, Great find!!! That is sweet! Congratulations! Regards, Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOM BUCKLEY Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 (edited) Tom, Great find!!! That is sweet! Congratulations! Regards, Thanks. That ray denticle is great. Any idea of the size of the ray? Tom Edited November 25, 2011 by TOM BUCKLEY AVOCATIONAL PALEONTOLOGIST STROKE SURVIVOR CANCER SURVIVOR CURMUDGEON "THERE IS A VERY FINE LINE BETWEEN AVOCATIONAL PALEONTOLOGY AND MENTAL ILLNESS" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whowat13 Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 (edited) That ray denticle is great. Any idea of the size of the ray? Tom Thank you. I don't know how large the ray was, but someone else here may know. -Bill H. Edited November 25, 2011 by whowat13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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