JohnJ Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 We had another record number of votes cast in the January contest! So, let's break another record voting for your incredible finds this month. Play fair and go make your best find. For the time being, the format of the contests will remain the same. The objective is to have fun. So carefully read the rules below, and go make some great finds! Entries will be taken through February 29th. 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...
astron Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 Hello all. This is my entree for this month. It's about a porites sp. fossil coral chunk found in a new road cut in my hunting area (late miocene middle Crete island, Greece) on 29 Jan. 2012, with the prep finished on 03 Feb..It measures 35 x 25 x 17 cm and it's about 13 kg in weight. Two small gastropods are attached to the item and some parts were broken during the excavation revealing the inner structure and some mineral formations on it. The more remarkable of these mineral formations is a big geode measuring 13 x 10 x 7 cm full of big waterish dog tooth shaped calcite crystals. The specimen has already been presented in detail in my collection and here are four pics I have selected: Pic 1 a birds eye view, Pic 2 a close up, Pic 3 one of the mineral formations and Pic 4 a view of the big geode. 1 Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkbyte Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 Very nice Astron. That should compete nicely. "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." - Confucius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astron Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 Thanks a lot, Bobby!!!! I wish to. Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullsnake Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Beautiful and interesting piece. Good luck, Astron. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrehistoricFlorida Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Mastodon mandibles. Mammut americanum. Pleistocene, North Florida. Found February 1, 2012. 1 www.PrehistoricFlorida.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullsnake Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Mastodon mandibles. Mammut americanum. Pleistocene, North Florida. Found February 1, 2012. Nice find! Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astron Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Beautiful and interesting piece. Good luck, Astron. Thank you very much, Steve Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrehistoricFlorida Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Nice find! Thanks. Still looking for the rest of the teeth. www.PrehistoricFlorida.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeymig Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Mastodon mandibles. Mammut americanum. Pleistocene, North Florida. Found February 1, 2012. THAT IS SO COOOOOOOOOOOL. How old do you think this guy was? It looks young like it was just weaned. Hope you find the rest. Many times I've wondered how much there is to know. led zeppelin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squali Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 Mastadon mandibles :fainting-smiley: It's hard to remember why you drained the swamp when your surrounded by alligators. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowsharks Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 Mastodon mandibles. Mammut americanum. Pleistocene, North Florida. Found February 1, 2012. Congratulations on winning VFOTM for Feb 2012! Whoops, contest isn't over....but seriously, unless someone finds the other jaws to this animal with all the teeth, I think you have it sewn up! I really hope you find the rest of the teeth. Daryl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrehistoricFlorida Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 THAT IS SO COOOOOOOOOOOL. How old do you think this guy was? It looks young like it was just weaned. Hope you find the rest. This was a very young animal. I agree, likely just weaned. www.PrehistoricFlorida.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frenchtrilobite Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Nice mandibles ! My new website : http://www.trilobite.fr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMNH Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Here is my entery for this month: Flexicalymene Granulosa, Georgian Bay Formation, Toronto, Ordovician (~445 mya) This is the first trilobite I've found in the Mimico Creek, and the folks at the ROM said it's one of the best they've seen from the formation! Complete trilobites are very rare here... I finished preping it early in the month. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarleysGh0st Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 That's a very nice trilobite, indeed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Way to go Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosmoceras Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 (edited) Here is my entery for this month: Flexicalymene Granulosa, Georgian Bay Formation, Toronto, Ordovician (~445 mya) This is the first trilobite I've found in the Mimico Creek, and the folks at the ROM said it's one of the best they've seen from the formation! Complete trilobites are very rare here... I finished preping it early in the month. That is a nice one! Great find there. Is it prepared, and if so what did you prepare it with? Edited February 14, 2012 by Kosmos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMNH Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Thanks guys! It was prepared mostly with a dental pick, and a bit with my new air pen. Dental pick work sure takes a long time, but it was worth it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt. Nemo Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 This month, some great Palaeolodus bird egg shell from the French Oligocene ! Collection & Exchanges Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 This month, some great Palaeolodus bird egg shell from the French Oligocene ! A very romantic composition! "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...
Kosmoceras Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 This month, some great Palaeolodus bird egg shell from the French Oligocene ! Are these Associated? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt. Nemo Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 (edited) Thank you Auspex! Kosmos, I am not certain to understand your question. Yes, they are egg shell fossils on gangue found groups. Edited February 14, 2012 by Cpt. Nemo Collection & Exchanges Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Cpt. Kosmos is asking if all the bits were collected in a small area, more or less together (associated), therefore one egg. KOF, Bill. Welcome to the forum, all new members www.ukfossils check it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt. Nemo Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 They are found together. But do not belong forcing to the same egg. Collection & Exchanges Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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