2020 Vertebrate Fossil Of The Year Poll!

[digit]

Here we are with our 2020 VFOTY contest entries. These are all 12 of our VFOTM winners from 2020, listed in the order of the month they won. Carefully review these entries and vote for the one you think deserves the title of 2020 Vertebrate Fossil Of The Year!

 

Poll closes on the 24th of January just before midnight. You can also vote for the 2020 Invertebrate / Plant Fossil Of The Year contest HERE.

 

1. Bird (Species unknown) - Eocene (52 Ma) - American Fossil Quarry, Wyoming

 

2. Diprotodontid pelvis (likely Zygomaturus trilobus) - Pleistocene - Queensland, Australia

 

3. Primate jaw with teeth - Bridgerian, Middle Eocene - Blue Rim, Wyoming

 

4. Platecarpus mosasaur - Cretaceous, Taylor Group, Ozan Formation - North Sulphur River, Texas

 

5. Triceratops prorsus right dentary - Upper Hell Creek Formation, Upper Cretaceous - Powder River County, Montana

 

6. Placoderm fish (Cowralepis mclachlani) - ~385 Ma (Middle Devonian); Merriganowry Shale Member of the Dulladerry Volcanics - Central West NSW, Australia

 

7. Archaeotherium mortoni entelodont jaw - White River Formation. Eocene/Oligocene - Wyoming

 

8. Syllomus aegyptiacus sea turtle - Miocene, Lower Calvert Formation (likely Bed 3b) - King and Queen County, Virginia

 

9. Clidastes sp. mosasaur jaw - Late Cretaceous, Ozan formation (Lower Taylor Marl) - NSR, North Texas

 

10. Edestus sp. shark jaw with teeth - Pennsylvanian Fort Scott Fm. (Desmoinesian) - Roger County, Oklahoma

 

11. Anzu wyliei hand claw (possibly digit I) - Cretaceous (Maastrichtian), Hell Creek Formation - Powder River Co. , Montana

 

 

 

12. Nanosaurus sp. ornithischian jaw - Late Jurassic, Morrison Formation - Natrona County, Wyoming

 

[Thecosmilia Trichitoma]

This might be one of the best years yet for this contest. Lots of socially distanced hunting! 

[Pixpaleosky]

the choice is very difficult, congrats to everyone !

[digit]

2020 may have been an "off" year in many respects but that didn't stop our members from finding some drool-worthy specimens. I hope the choice for a winner is fiendishly difficult.

 

 

Cheers.

 

-Ken

[Al Tahan]

Very difficult decision ...gonna take me a couple days to decide this one. Great year for collecting  

[PaleoNoel]

Wow looking back on the year and seeing all of these great and deserving fossils makes this a tough choice. 

[Bobby Rico]

All are amazing and equal to me congratulations Bobby 

[PrehistoricWonders]

Very tough, I’ll have to think for a little while, lol.