2020 Invertebrate / Plant Fossil Of The Year Poll!

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Here we are with our 2020 IPFOTY contest entries. These are all 12 of our IPFOTM 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 Invertebrate / Plant Fossil Of The Year!

 

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

 

1. Belotelson magister shrimp - Francis Shale, Middle Pennsylvanian (~307 Ma) - Mazonia South (Pit 11), Illinois

 

2. Metopaster sp. sea star - Lower Thanetian, Paleocene - Southwest France

 

3. Scolecodonts (maxilla/jaws) of polychaetes (Protarabellites or Oenonites & Ramphoprion)- Georgian Bay Fm, Upper Ordovician - Mimico Creek, Toronto, Ontario

 

4. Arbacia improcera echinoid - Pliocene, Yorktown Formation Zone  - Craven County, North Carolina

 

5. Sinosura kelheimense brittlestars - Upper Jurassic - Hienheim Quarry, Germany

 

6. Macroporaster matutinus sea star - Late Ordovician, Salona Formation - Pennsylvania

 

7. Thaleops ovata tilobite - Platteville Formation, Ordovician - Grant County, Wisconsin 

 

8. Thresherodiscus ramosus edrioasteroid - Ordovician, Bobcaygeon Formation - Goat Island, Ontario

 

9. Triarthrus eatoni trilobites - Late Ordovician, Lorraine Group, Frankfort Shale - Oneida county, New York 

 

10. Craspedites subditus ammonite - Jurassic, Upper Tithonian (Volgian) - Undory, Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia

 

11. Heterosalenia sp. nov. echinoid (new species currently being described) - Lower Glen Rose Formation, Lower Cretaceous (Albian) - Comal County, Texas

 

12. Diplocalamites sp. horsetail - Middle Pennsylvanian - New Mexico

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Not a brachiopod to be seen. 

Still, twelve really super other thingys to choose from. 

[Top Trilo]

Ken you should make it so I can vote for 12 

[Tidgy's Dad]

1 hour ago, Top Trilo said:

Ken you should make it so I can vote for 12 

You can vote for 12.

It's the beautiful big Diplocalamites. 

[digit]

6 hours ago, Top Trilo said:

Ken you should make it so I can vote for 12 

Given that doing so would not affect the outcome we'll just pretend you did.

 

I really wish the forum software supported ranked voting. It's mathematically proven to be a better method than a single choice. Maybe one day we will pick "champion" fossil (and less important things like political candidates) with this more powerful method. Until then you just have to go with your gut and choose the one that makes you drool the most.

 

 

Cheers.

 

-Ken

[RJB]

Boy o boy, that was tuff!

 

RB

[Top Trilo]

Its currently a tie, what would happen if it does end in a tie?

[Thecosmilia Trichitoma]

I broke the tie. It was a hard choice!

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5 hours ago, Top Trilo said:

Its currently a tie, what would happen if it does end in a tie?

We've got days to go yet. I think the Vice President is able to break ties.

 

 

Cheers.

 

-Ken