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It is that time, again...time to look back at the monthly winners in our 2016 contests! You can exhaust the descriptive terms needed to elaborate on these finds, but we still need to pick a winner. Opinions are welcome. (disclaimer: The Fossil Forum is not responsible for physical or mental maladies that occur while making your decision. Please consult your own mind, family, friends and strangers if you need assistance making your choice. ) Review these winners and cast your vote for the 2016 Vertebrate Find Of The Year! You can vote in the other contest HERE. The Polls will end on January 14th. 1. January 2016 VFOTM - Dracoraptor hanigani associated dinosaur bones from the Jurassic Lower Lias (Hettangian Stage) of South Wales, U.K. 2. February 2016 VFOTM - Edmontosaurus annectens Hadrosaur Metatarsal and Caudal Vertebra from the Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Hell Creek Formation of South Dakota, U.S.A. 3. March 2016 VFOTM - Partial Probocidean tusk from the Pleistocene deposits of Florida 4. April 2016 VFOTM - Cetacean tooth from the Middle Miocene Round Mountain Silt of California, U.S.A. 5. May 2016 VFOTM - Diprotodon optatum lower jaw from the Pleistocene deposits near Queensland, Australia 6. June 2016 VFOTM - Heliobatus radians stingray from the Eocene Green River Formation of Wyoming, U.S.A. 7. July 2016 VFOTM - Unidentified small fish from the Early Eocene (Ypresian) Fur Formation of Denmark 8. August 2016 VFOTM - Triceratops horridus ceratopsian dinosaur horn from the Upper Cretaceous Hell Creek Formation of Montana, USA 9. September 2016 VFOTM - Allodesmus sp. pinniped canine tooth from the Late Miocene Santa Margarita Formation of California, USA 10. October 2016 VFOTM - Associated shark vertebrae from the Upper Cretaceous Eagle Ford Formation of Texas, USA 11. November 2016 VFOTM - Stingray barb from the Burdigalian (Miocene) deposit of Portugal 12. December 2016 VFOTM - Partial Chiroptera (bat) dentary from the Late Pleistocene of Florida, U.S.A. Congratulations to all these winners! @Welsh Wizard @Troodon @joshuajbelanger @ynot @Ash @sseth @Sylvestersen @Charizard @caldigger @John S. @Vieira @old bones

It is that time, again...time to look back at the monthly winners in our 2016 contests! You can exhaust the descriptive terms needed to elaborate on these finds, but we still need to pick a winner. Opinions are welcome. (disclaimer: The Fossil Forum is not responsible for physical or mental maladies that occur while making your decision. Please consult your own mind, family, friends and strangers if you need assistance making your choice. ) Review these winners and cast your vote for the 2016 Invertebrate / Plant Find Of The Year! You can vote in the other contest HERE. The Polls will end on January 14th. 1. January 2016 IPFOTM - Unknown sea urchin from the Upper Cretaceous (Santonian) Lower Himenoura formation of Kagoshima, Amakusa Japan 2. February 2016 IPFOTM - Apoderoceras sp. ammonite from the Lower Pliensbachian (Lower Jurassic) of Dorset, UK 3. March 2016 IPFOTM - Ogygiocarella debuchi trilobite from the Ordovician Llanvirn series of West Shropshire, England 4. April 2016 IPFOTM - Torynomma quadrata crab from the Lower Cretaceous of Queensland, Australia 5. May 2016 IPFOTM - Aturia alabamensis nautiloid from the Eocene Castle Hayne Formation of North Carolina, USA 6. June 2016 IPFOTM - Didontogaster cordylina polychaete worm from the Late Carboniferous Francis creek shale of Illinois, USA 7. July 2016 IPFOTM - Lacoea cone from the Pennsylvanian subperiod of Ohio, USA 8. August 2016 IPFOTM - Megokkos sp. crab with epibionts from the Late Eocene/Early Oligocene of Oregon, USA 9. September 2016 IPFOTM - Crinoid with stem, calyx, and arms from the Ordovician Lexington Limestone (Devils Hollow Member) of Kentucky, USA 10. October 2016 IPFOTM - Lepidodendron obovatum scale tree fossil from the Westphalian (Carboniferous) of Bruay en Artois, Northern France 11. November 2016 IPFOTM - Lingula squamiformis inarticulate brachiopod from the Brigantian stage (Mississippian) of County Durham, UK 12. December 2016 IPFOTM - Loriolia rosana echinoid block from the Lower Cretaceous Upper Glen Rose Formation of Texas, USA Congratulations to all these winners! @David in Japan @Koss1959 @TNGray @Jesuslover340 @sixgill pete @fossilized6s @saysac @bruce @MikeD @nala @TqB @-AnThOnY-