Cris Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Only a few more months to go until the Find of the Year contests! Place your entries for the Oct. Fossil of the Month here. Entries will be taken through October 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paleostone Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Ok, so I will be the first of the month, below is my specimen Great full round piece of trunk, specimen Sigillaria sp. Its dimensions are approximately 80 cm diagonal. Origin is Czerwionka, Poland, the Carboniferous Age. Date findings October '2012 Greating from Poland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldmanfossil Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 That's some big wood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vordigern Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 wow, nice find! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 WOW that is one big chunk of petrified wood, nice find! : ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoll Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 (edited) FOUND THIS LITHOSTROTION JUNCEUM AT HORNSEA UK TODAY 04.10.12, CARBONIFEROUS, 16CM LONG BY 5CM WIDE . HOPE IM RIGHT WITH DETAILS HAHA Edited October 4, 2012 by stoll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 (edited) Here is my entry for hmmm... vert or invert? I'm going with invert for this one, cuz the ammonite is visually more impressive than the simple vert (whioch is much rarer). This was found on Sept 29th in the Pierre Shale in Niobrara County, WY. It is a Jeletzkytes plenus. [The italics button is not working ] I prepped it over the past few evenings, finishing last night. Have about 4 hrs of work in this. The vertebra is a plesiosaur. The most exciting thing about this is of course the fact that these two nice pieces are in one convenient concretion, and that I have never found any other bones at this site. Here it is in the field (ammonite can be seen along the top right edge of the concretion in the first shot): And two different views of the same post-prep: And a stereophoto of the same: Oh, and this may be cheating (going for the cuteness factor), here is Kiko keeping an eye on the fossil: Edited October 8, 2012 by jpc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeymig Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 VERY cool combo JPC! Many times I've wondered how much there is to know. led zeppelin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoll Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 thought id put these on aswell. petrified wood covered in pyrite. i found them both laying next to each other, therefore i recon they should belong together. got them from mappleton holderness cost line east yorkshire yesterday. not a bad day for finding pyrite and unexploded ww2 bombs haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CH4ShotCaller Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 Gonna toss this one in the mix. Pulalius Vulgaris, Lincoln Creek Formation, Washington, USA. Late Eocene/Early Oligocene. Found 10-02-2012, prep time: 17 hours Many Thanks to Roz for nudging me to expose a wee bit more underneath the carapace! Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new. -Albert Einstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CH4ShotCaller Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 2nd of 3 Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new. -Albert Einstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CH4ShotCaller Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 3 of 3 Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new. -Albert Einstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullsnake Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 Oh, and this may be cheating (going for the cuteness factor), here is Kiko keeping an eye on the fossil: Kind of looks like a fish guarding it from the kitty! Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 Sure does... ole Kiko didn't even see the attack fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoll Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 it does look likea fish haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsatites Posted October 12, 2012 Share Posted October 12, 2012 (edited) In August I visited some places in the austrian alps (Salzkammergut). Although searched over since twenty years, I found there a promising block. Unfortunately I had no camera. The hard stone enforced me to really hard work, but after a time all the parts were in my rucksack. The preparation was complicated, because the parts of the stone were horizontal displaced several cm by tectonic activities.The fissures are filled with white calcite. It is a large "Alsatites proaries" (22 cm diameter), Hettangium (lower lias) with an excellent centre. Regards Peter (alsatites) If you like to see my other hettangian ammonites and some details, please visit my homepage: www.neoammoniten.jimdo.com Oh, excuse me, I forgot the final day of preparation, it was the 1th october 2012. @jpc, thanks - I prepare with small chisels by hand and with air chisels. Edited October 15, 2012 by Auspex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted October 12, 2012 Share Posted October 12, 2012 NIce Austrian ammonite.. what did you use to prep it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nala Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 I like a lot the "fresh" aspect of this shark teeth ,not very usual with a good root in this Northern France quarry. Squalicorax kaupi (Agassiz, 1843)Campanian(Upper Cretaceous) Beauval Picardy France Found 11 October ,finish to prep 13 october http://www.thefossil...orthern-france/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreekCrawler Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 Here is my entry for the vertebrate contest.. American Mastodon Molar "Mammut americanus" Date Collected 10/09/12 Geologic Era "Quaternary" Period "Pleistocene" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeepDigger Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Here is my entry for the vertebrate contest.. American Mastodon Molar "Mammut americanus" Date Collected 10/09/12 Geologic Era "Quaternary" Period "Pleistocene" Nice tooth! and the $20 should solidify your place for FOTM! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astron Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 Nice tooth! and the $20 should solidify your place for FOTM! Very nice finds everyone!!!! My first entry for this month is the 107 mm long razorfish belonging to the order Singnathiformes, family Centriscidae and genus Aeoliscus sp.. It was found on 07 of October 2012 in the late miocene sediments of middle Crete island, Greece and, as my research indicates, it's the first ever find of this species in my island. Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astron Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 (edited) And my secont entry is a palm leaf belonging to the family of Arecaceae, according to the Paleobotanist G. Zidianakis, who continues his research on it in order the genus and the species to be determined. The fossil was found in part and counterpart in the late miocene sediments of Crete island, Greece, and it measures 34 x17 cm. It was found on 10 of August with the prep finished on 5 of October. It's one of the very few samples of this kind found in my island and possibly the more important, that's why I donated today the part of the fossil (along with 4 more fossils) to the Natural History Museum of Crete and it's going therefore to be of the first plant exhibits as soon as the fossil plants section of the Museum operates. Attached are 3 pics: 1. Before the prep 2-3. Part and counterpart after the prep (the third pic is taken by the Paleobotanist G. Zidianakis). Edited October 19, 2012 by astron Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pleecan Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 Very nice finds everyone!!!! My first entry for this month is the 107 mm long razorfish belonging to the order Singnathiformes, family Centriscidae and genus Aeoliscus sp.. It was found on 07 of October 2012 in the late miocene sediments of middle Crete island, Greece and, as my research indicates, it's the first ever find of this species in my island. I like this one! Great find.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worthy 55 Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 wow! nice bunch of finds this month! B) It's my bone!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowsharks Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 Very nice finds everyone!!!! My first entry for this month is the 107 mm long razorfish belonging to the order Singnathiformes, family Centriscidae and genus Aeoliscus sp.. It was found on 07 of October 2012 in the late miocene sediments of middle Crete island, Greece and, as my research indicates, it's the first ever find of this species in my island. Astron, do you report finds like this to any sort of museum or researcher? That sounds like a real exciting find - congrats. Daryl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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