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With another year of fossils behind us, it is time to decide your favorite Invertebrate / Plant winner from 2011! Take your time and consider all the factors that contribute to elevating one find above the others. Now, cast your vote for the 2011 Invertebrate / Plant Find of the Year! The voting will end on Friday, January 13th. You can vote in our other contest HERE. January 2011 IPFOTM 1. Pterocephalia norfordi 4cm trilobite from the Upper Cambrian McKay Group in British Columbia, Canada February 2011 IPFOTM 2. Double Ammonites in matrix from the Jurassic of Germany March 2011 IPFOTM 3. Pleurocystites cystoids with Isotomocrinus crinoid crown from the Ordovician age Bobcaygeon Formation in Ontario, Canada April 2011 IPFOTM 4. Hemipteran insect (part and counterpart) from the Lower Middle Eocene Allenby Formation of British Columbia, Canada May 2011 IPFOTM 5. Unknown 5 mm fossil Fly from the Eocene Fur Formation of Mors, Denmark June 2011 IPFOTM 6. Guichenia dufouri trilobite with associated Phacopidina micheli trilobite from the Dariwillian - Ordovician south of Rennes, France July 2011 IPFOTM 7. Palaeonephrops browni lobster from the Cretaceous Bearpaw Formation of Montana, USA August 2011 IPFOTM 8. Florissantia speirii fossil flower from the Oligocene Little Butte Volcanic Series of Oregon, USA September 2011 IPFOTM 9. Acanthocrinus spinosus crinoid from the Devonian Windom Shale of New York, USA October 2011 IPFOTM 10. Crinoid slab from the Mississippian Ste. Genevieve Limestone in Alabama, USA November 2011 IPFOTM 11. Oklahomacrinus sp. crinoid from the Pennsylvanian age formations in Texas, USA December 2011 IPFOTM 12. Mecoptera non det., Scorpionfly from the Lower Cretaceous Daohugou Formation in Nei Mongol, China

Another year of outstanding vertebrate finds is past. Yet before we are amazed by new fossils this year, let us honor the best from last year. Please consider carefully and cast your vote for the 2011 Vertebrate Find of the Year! The voting will end on Friday, January 13th. You can vote in our other contest HERE. January 2011 VFOTM 1. Petrodus sp. loosely associated shark denticles from the Pennsylvanian Garner Formation in Texas, USA February 2011 VFOTM 2. Mosasaurus sp. associated mosasaur rear limb bones from the Upper Cretaceous Ozan Formation in Texas, USA March 2011 VFOTM 3. Ischyrhiza mira sawfish rostrum from the Upper Cretaceous Ripley Formation in Alabama, USA April 2011 VFOTM 4. Mosasaur tooth and bone fragment from the Upper Cretaceous Ozan Formation of Texas, USA May 2011 VFOTM 5. Fossil Bird Egg (cf. Badistornis aramus) from the Oligocene White River Formation in Wyoming, USA June 2011 VFOTM 6. Unidentified marine bird skull from the Miocene/Pliocene Tangahoe Formation of New Zealand July 2011 VFOTM 7. Tyrannosaurus rex 2-5/8” tooth from the Upper Cretaceous Hell Creek Formation of Montana, USA August 2011 VFOTM 8. Carcharocles angustidens shark tooth from the Oligocene of South Carolina, USA September 2011 VFOTM 9. Actinopterygian fish brain endocast from the Pennsylvanian Bridgeport Shale of Texas, USA October 2011 VFOTM 10. Scombridae 18 cm mackerel from the Ypresium / Eocene Fur Formation in Limfjord, Denmark November 2011 VFOTM 11. Associated Glyptotherium osteoderms from the Pleistocene terrace deposits in Texas, USA December 2011 VFOTM 12. Panthera onca jaguar canine from the Pleistocene deposits in Florida, USA

I will bet your “find” never dreamed it would end up in your collection. Then again, none of these fossils dreamed about much of anything. However, your vote could help fulfill someone’s dream for IPFOTM. The poll ends on Friday, January 6th. You can also vote in our other Poll HERE. 1. Fossil wood – (Triassic Dockum Group) – TX, USA 2. Thuja sp. cone [part & counterpart] – (Late Miocene) – Middle Crete Island, Greece 3. Trimerus delphinocephalus trilobite – (Middle Silurian Clinton group, Rochester shale) – NY, USA 4. Horn coral plate – (Ordovician Plateville Formation) – WI, USA 5. Pentremites sp. blastoid – (Mississippian St. Genevieve Limestone) – AL, USA 6. Sparganium antiquum bur-reed flowering head – (Paleocene Fort Union Formation) – MT, USA 7. Multi-species plant seed matrix – (Late Miocene) – Middle Crete Island, Greece 8. Mecoptera non det., Scorpionfly – (Lower Cretaceous Daohugou Formation) – Nei Mongol, China 9. Ostracod - (Middle Devonian Hamilton Group) – Ontario, Canada 10. Gibbithyris ellipsoidali brachiopod – (Late Cretaceous) – Bedfordshire, UK 11. Inoceramus sp. clam – (Late Cretaceous) – Bedfordshire, UK 12. Bryozoan – (Mississippian Pitkin Limestone) – AR, USA 13. Kaskia chesterensis trilobite – (Upper Mississippian, Chesterian, lower Bangor Limestone) – AL, USA

We mark time at this point of the year; but the moment barely registers against the age of the fossils we find. On the other hand, it is time to register a vote for which fossil is the December VFOTM. The poll ends on Friday, January 6th. You can also vote in our other Poll HERE. 1. Mammuthus primigenius mammoth molar – (Late Pleistocene) – The Netherlands 2. Carcharocles megalodon shark tooth – (Miocene) – CA, USA 3. Cainotherium sp. even-toed ungulate – (Oligocene) – Auvergne, France 4. Isurus escheri pathological shark tooth – (Miocene) – Mill, The Netherlands 5. Fish micro-tooth – (Middle Devonian Hamilton Group) – Ontario, Canada 6. Panthera onca jaguar canine – (Pleistocene) – FL, USA 7. Carcharocles auriculatus parasymphyseal shark tooth – (Miocene Castle Hayne Formation) – NC, USA 8. Carcharocles angustidens pathological shark tooth – (Oligocene) – SC, USA 9. Cladodus shark tooth – (Upper Mississippian, Chesterian, upper Bangor Limestone) – AL, USA