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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 January 6th. Be sure to vote in our other FOTM poll, HERE. 1. Undescribed Jacksonechinus sp. Sea Urchin - Upper Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian) - Kasimov town, Ryazan region, Russia 2. Pygocardia rustica Shell - Miocene-Pliocene - Beach near Renesse (the Netherlands) 3. Hapsiphyllum Corals - Mississippian Elsey Formation - Arkansas, USA 4. Abertella dengleri Echinoid- Late Miocene, Peace River Formation - Hardee County, Florida, USA 5. Cenoceras Nautiloid - Lower Jurassic - Lias of Lyme Regis, UK 6. Brachiopod - Devonian/Carboniferous - NE Oklahoma, USA 7. Ectillaennus giganteus Trilobite - Ordovician - La Dominelais, Brittany, France

Check the entries below carefully and cast your vote! PM me if you notice any errors with the entries. The poll ends January 6th. Be sure to vote in our other FOTM poll, HERE. 1. Isurus planus Shark Tooth - Mid Miocene, Round Mountain Silt Formation - Bakersfield, CA 2. Proboscidean Medial Phalanx - Pleistocene, Wando Formation - Summerville, South Carolina, USA 3. Ichthyosaurus Rostrum Fragment with Teeth - Lower Jurassic, Charmouth Mudstone Formation - Lyme Regis, UK 4. Poebrotherium Camel Jaw - Oligocene, White River Formation - Chadron, Nebraska, USA 5. Ichthyosaur Ribs and Verts - Lower Jurassic - Lyme Regis, UK 6. Glyptodont Osteoderms - Pleistocene - Brazos River, Texas, USA 7. Carnivore Tooth - Pleistocene - Peace River, Florida, USA 8. Canis dirus Dire Wolf Jaw - Pleistocene - Florida, USA 9. Whale Vertebra with Possible Predator Marks - Miocene, Hawthorne formation - Summerville, South Carolina, USA 10. Carcharocles megalodon Shark Tooth - Miocene Round Mountain Silt - Bakersfield, California, USA 11. Cosmopolitodus hastalis Shark Tooth - Mid Miocene, Temblor Formation - Bakersfield, California, USA 12. Cricetid Rodent Tooth - Miocene, Calvert Formation - Brownies Beach, Maryland, USA

Snow has started in some northern climes, effectively putting an end to 2017's fossil hunting season for some. Others in more southerly climes are getting back into the swing of things after a long rainy season with limited hunting opportunites. The change in weather means a transition to preparation for some. So whether you are hunting now, or preparing now, if you find something amazing, enter it into the December Fossil of the Month Contest. *************************************************** Remember...PLEASE carefully read the rules below, ... make sure you include all the required information, and 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. Best of success to all, and good hunting! Entries will be taken until midnight on DECMEBER 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. NO PURCHASED FOSSILS. 2. Post your entry in the Find of the Month topic. Use a separate post for each entry. (Only two entries per contest category.) 3. Your Fossil must have been found during the Month of the Contest, or most of 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 (when found in the contest month); or the Date of Preparation Completion and Discovery date (if not found in the contest month). 5. Before and After Preparation photos must be submitted for prepped specimens not found during the Month of the Contest. 6. You must include the common or scientific name. 7. You must include the Geologic Age or Geologic Formation where the Fossil was found. 8. You must include the State, Province, or region where the Fossil was found. 9. Play fair and honest. No bought fossils. No false claims. 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. So, only entries posted with a CLEAR photo and that meet the other guidelines will be placed into the Poll. *******Please use the following format for the required information:******* Date of discovery Scientific or Common name Geologic Age or Geologic Formation State, Province, or Region found Photos (if prepped, before and after photos, please.) Photos of the winning specimens may be posted to TFF's Facebook page. Once the Contest Submission period has ended, after all the votes are tallied, and the Polls for both categories are closed, we will know the two winning Finds of the Month for DECEMBER - 2017 ! Now, go find your fossil, do your research, and make an entry!