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REMINDER: PLEASE carefully read ALL of the rules below. Make sure you include all the required information, IN THE REQUESTED FORMAT (below) when you submit your fossil! If you have a question about a possible entry, please send me a PM. Please pay special attention to Rule #5: Before and After Preparation Photos must be submitted for prepped specimens NOT found during the Month of the Contest. In addition to keeping the contest fair, this new qualification will encourage better documentation of our spectacular past finds. Entries will be taken until 11:59:00 PM EDT on OCTOBER 31, 2020 Any fossil submitted after that time, even if the topic is still open, will be deemed ineligible! Only entries posted with CLEAR photos and that meet the other guidelines will be placed into the Poll. Photos of the winning specimens may be posted to TFF's Facebook page. Please let us know if you have any questions, and thanks for sharing more of your fossils and research this month. Shortly after the end of the Month, separate Polls will be created for the Vertebrate and Invertebrate/Plant Find of the Month. In addition to the fun of a contest, we also want to learn more about the fossils. Tell us more about your fossil, and why you think it is worthy of the honor. To view the Winning Fossils from past contests visit the Find Of The Month Winner's Gallery. Now, go find your fossil, do your research, and make an entry! Best of success to all, and good hunting! *********************************** Rules for The Fossil Forum's Vertebrate and Invertebrate/Plant Find of the Month Contests Find a great Vertebrate Fossil or Invertebrate/Plant Fossil! Only fossils found personally by you are allowed. NO PURCHASED FOSSILS. Post your entry in the Find of the Month topic. Use a separate post for each entry. (Only two entries per member per contest category.) Your fossil must have been found during the Month of the Contest, or Significant Preparation * of your fossil must have been completed during the Month of the Contest. You must include the Date of Discovery (when found in the contest month); or the Date of Preparation Completion and Date of Discovery (if not found in the contest month). Before and After Preparation photos must be submitted for prepped specimens not found during the Month of the Contest. Please make sure you arrange for photos if someone else is preparing your fossil find and completes the prep requirements in the contest month. You must include the Common and/or Scientific Name. You must include the Geologic Age or Geologic Formation where the fossil was found. You must include the State, Province, or region where the fossil was found. You must include CLEAR, cropped, well-lit images (maximum 4 images). If you are proud enough of your fossil to submit it for FOTM, spend some time to take good photos to show off your fossil. Play fair and honest. No bought fossils. No false claims. * Significant Preparation = Substantial work to reveal and/or repair important diagnostic features, resulting in a dramatic change in the look of the fossil. The qualification of Significant Preparation is decided at the discretion of staff. Any doubts as to the eligibility of the entry will be discussed directly with the entrant. ******* Please use the following format for the required information: ******* • Date of Discovery (month, day , year) • Scientific and/or Common Name • Geologic Age or Geologic Formation • State, Province, or Region Found • Photos of Find (Please limit to 4 clear, cropped, and well-lit images.) (If prepped, before and after photos are required, please.)
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Winner of the October 2020 Vertebrate Fossil Of The Month
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The winner of the October 2020 VFOTM goes to... Edestus sp. shark jaw with teeth - Pennsylvanian Fort Scott Fm. (Desmoinesian) - Roger County, Oklahoma Congratulations to @Conostichus !!!- 28 replies
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Winner of the October 2020 Invertebrate/Plant Fossil Of The Month
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The winner of the October 2020 IPFOTM goes to... Craspedites subditus ammonite - Jurassic, Upper Tithonian (Volgian) - Undory, Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia Congratulations to @RuMert !!!- 31 replies
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October 2020 Invertebrate / Plant Fossil Of The Month Poll
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Check the entries below carefully and cast your vote! PM me if you notice any errors with the entries. The poll ends October 9th. Be sure to vote in our other FOTM poll, HERE 1. Clypeaster altus echinoid - Miocene, Tortonian to Zanglean - Island of Kythera, Greece 2. Radiolites sauvagesii twin rudists - Turonian, Saint-Cirq Fm. - Dordogne, France 3. Notocaris tapscotti pygocephalomorph peracarid crustacean - Early Permian, Ecca Group, Whitehill Frm. - South Africa 4. Cymatospira montfortianus gastropod - Pennsylvanian, Home Creek Limestone - Texas 5. Montastraea sp. coral - Miocene (Langhian), Weißenegg-Formation - Hötzlweg, North of Heimschuh, Styria, Austria 6. Ostrea sp. oyster - Miocene (Langhian), Weißenegg-Formation - Hötzlweg, North of Heimschuh, Styria, Austria 7. Craspedites subditus ammonite - Jurassic, Upper Tithonian (Volgian) - Undory, Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia 8. Unidentified Arthropoda - Middle Cambrian, House Range - Western Utah -
Check the entries below carefully and cast your vote! PM me if you notice any errors with the entries. The poll ends November 9th. Be sure to vote in our other FOTM poll, HERE 1. Edestus sp. shark jaw with teeth - Pennsylvanian Fort Scott Fm. (Desmoinesian) - Roger County, Oklahoma 2. Unknown large bill fish skull - Eocene - South Island (Otago Province), New Zealand 3. Mastodon distal humerus - Pleistocene - Brazos River, SE Texas 4. Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias) developing file tooth - Miocene-Pliocene - New Jersey 5. Notochelone costata protostegid sea turtle (humerus bone) - Albian Early Cretaceous, Toolebuc Formation - NW Queensland, Australia 6. Ophtalmosauridae indet. ichthyosaur tooth - Jurassic, Lower Kimmeridgian - Undory, Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia