digit Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 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 AUGUST 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.) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planko Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 I found this ammonite this morning while hunting the NSR. Extremely excited because this is the second one I have found with the calcite. When I got it home I looked at the matrix for about an hour. Judging where to hit. Then, one nice smack with a small hammer, it was exposed. Having a drink to celebrate now. Date of Discovery 8-3-2020 Scientific and/or Common Name - Trachyscaphites Spiniger Ammonite Geologic Age or Geologic Formation - Ozan Formation State, Province, or Region Found - Tx, North Sulfur River Size - 1.5"diameter 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted August 3, 2020 Author Share Posted August 3, 2020 Nicely whacked! Cheers. -Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrehistoricWonders Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 That’s insane! I’ve never seen an ammo with calcite before!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planko Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 Thanks! I am super stoked. Yes, I am an 80's child. I found a few months back which is bigger. Not sure how to link a post but it is under my name of course. I also found this one little brother as I was looking at the piece that broke off. He is about a quarter of an inch. Having another drink. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strepsodus Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 Myriacantherpestes ferox millipede body section Upper Carboniferous Pennine Middle Coal measures formation South Yorkshire, UK Found 7th of August 2020 1cm wide 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieLynn Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 This is my first time to enter anything into the Fossil of the Month...it's the first thing I've found that I think might be worthy of such! • Date of Discovery - August 1 2020 • Scientific and/or Common Name - Echinoid Anorthopygus texanus • Geologic Age or Geologic Formation - Cretaceous San Martine Formation • State, Province, or Region Found - Texas, Culberson County. 1 Inch in diameter 10 www.fossil-quest.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted August 10, 2020 Author Share Posted August 10, 2020 1 hour ago, JamieLynn said: This is my first time to enter anything into the Fossil of the Month...it's the first thing I've found that I think might be worthy of such! Thanks for your first entry. The FOTM is as much a great gallery of enviable finds that you are proud of as it is a contest. Only a single fossil can win (from each category) but we can all drool over the great finds that are posted here. Thanks for your first (and hopefully not last) entry with a nice clear photo and all of the require information as requested. You are allowed up to 4 images so if additional views would show off your find to its advantage you are welcome to add up to another 3 views. Cheers. -Ken 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 • Date of Discovery 08-15-20 • Scientific and/or Common Name: Thresherodiscus ramosus • Geologic Age or Geologic Formation: Ordovician, Bobcaygeon Formation • State, Province, or Region Found: Goat Island, Ontario This is one of the rarest edrioasteroids in Ontario. It is missing only a small portion on the bottom, but is nicely articulated with very clear branching ambulacrae. I found it about five hours ago on a very tiny island, carefully rescued from an enormous bloc. 18 ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 2 hours ago, Kane said: Thresherodiscus ramosus Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 That is an amazing edrioasteroid! Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 37 minutes ago, FossilDAWG said: That is an amazing edrioasteroid! Don Thanks! I initially almost dismissed it as a Hederella. ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TqB Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 Wonderful edrioasteroid! Tarquin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paleoworld-101 Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 Quite a month for vertebrates this time "In Africa, one can't help becoming caught up in the spine-chilling excitement of the hunt. Perhaps, it has something to do with a memory of a time gone by, when we were the prey, and our nights were filled with darkness..." -Eternal Enemies: Lions And Hyenas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strepsodus Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 Fish fin spine- probably Gyracanthus Upper Carboniferous Coal Measures County Durham, UK. Found 11th of August 2020 5.5cm long This is the largest Carboniferous bone I have found. It is still mostly covered with rock but a good amount of detail can still be seen. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manticocerasman Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 my entry for this month Lungfish toothplate Dipterus cf. nelsoni - ( the name is from old literature, there has been no revision on those fishes in this area ) late Devonian ( Famennian) Namur area - Belgium found on 15 August 2020 11 growing old is mandatory but growing up is optional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vieira Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 My entry for this month: Date of Discovery - August 23, 2020 • Scientific and/or Common Name - Echinoid Hemicidaris sp (?) • Geologic Age or Geologic Formation - Jurassic, Upper Jurassic • State, Province, or Region Found - Cesaredas, Portugal Pictures in situ from yesterday (I will take some more pictures of the washed echinoid) Now better pictures of the echinoid: 2 cm 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhysicist Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 Complete Cretodus Shark Tooth Date of Discovery: 8/16/2020 Scientific and/or Common Name: Cretodus sp. (crassidens?) Geologic Age or Geologic Formation: Late Cretaceous, Eagle Ford (~90 mya) State, Province, or Region Found: Post Oak Creek, Sherman, TX A lateral tooth, ~ 2 cm in length. One of the most complete teeth I've found from this site. It has unusual wear on the side cusps, and none on the main cusp. 8 "Argumentation cannot suffice for the discovery of new work, since the subtlety of Nature is greater many times than the subtlety of argument." - Carl Sagan "I was born not knowing and have had only a little time to change that here and there." - Richard Feynman Collections: Hell Creek Microsite | Hell Creek/Lance | Dinosaurs | Sharks | Squamates | Post Oak Creek | North Sulphur River | Lee Creek | Aguja | Permian | Devonian | Triassic | Harding Sandstone Instagram: @thephysicist_tff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuMert Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 Ichthyosaur tooth Date of Discovery: 8/09/2020 Scientific and/or Common Name: Ophthalmosauridae indet. Geologic Age or Geologic Formation: Late Jurassic, Tithonian, Epivirgatites nikitini ammonite zone (~150 mya) State, Province, or Region Found: Moscow, Russia 9 My sites & reports Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamL Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 Ichthyosaurus Paddle Whitby, North Yorkshire. Found 8th July, Prepared 8th August 11 Yorkshire Coast Fossil Hunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nautiloid Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 Disarticulated Eurypterid Found on August 22, 2020 Species: Eurypterus remipes Geologic age: Upper Silurian Bertie Group Fiddlers Green Formation Phelps Member Collected in Herkimer County, New York, USA Most of the body segments, the cephalon, and the telson are all present as well as other miscellaneous body parts. The cephalon still has a leg attached. The specimen would have been about 4 1/2 inches long if in one piece. The cephalon measures approx. 1” wide and 3/4” long. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DatFossilBoy Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 Plateosaurus rib and bone fragments. Found 26/08/2020 Triassic Frick,Switzerland 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planko Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 --Found these razor clam fossils at NSR on 8-23-2020. Other than a nice soft toothbrush and water there has been no prep. I went back today to try an the area again but with the little rain we had I couldn't, wouldn't risk it, go there. Date of Discovery 8-23-2020 Scientific and/or Common Name - Razor Calm Geologic Age or Geologic Formation - Ozan Formation State, Province, or Region Found - Tx, North Sulfur River 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planko Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 Found this vertebrae to match a smaller one around the same area. This is larger than that one. In it in the "Red Matrix" from the Ozan Formation. Date of Discovery 8-28-2020 Scientific and/or Common Name - Mosasaur Vertebrea Geologic Age or Geologic Formation - Ozan Formation State, Province, or Region Found - Tx, North Sulfur 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cngodles Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 August 26, 2020 Solenochilus sp. Late Pennsylvanian, Conemaugh Group, Glenshaw Formation, Brush Creek Limestone Pennsylvania, USA I went limestone hunting this week. I cracked open a 3 inch thick rock, and this was right in the middle. Usually these are eroded on the bottom or the top, but this one is the most complete one I've probably found at this size. These are rapidly expanding cephalopods with a siphuncle located at the shell. The shell looks to max out at around 120mm wide. You can see the siphuncle position as a gap centered near the smaller portion of the shell. The visible portion is mostly the body chamber, however it's likely the entire thing is there. These also have two long flat spines that extend out of the sides, however they are typically lost or broken once the shell rests on the sea floor. There were no signs of spines here except where they are likely broken off. In the field: Mid-prep: Near complete: With metric scale: 6 Fossils of Parks Township - Research | Catalog | How-to Make High-Contrast Photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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