musicnfossils Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 I’ll add the tiniest entry. Been searching for one of these forever and I finally found one. Troodontid tooth Late Cretaceous, 76.9 MYA Dinosaur Park Formation Iddlesleigh, Alberta 1 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caterpillar Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 Date of discovery: 06-24-2021 Name: Tona galea Period: zanclean, lower pliocene Country: Southwest France Before After Date of discovery: 06-24-2021 Name: Xenophora crispa Period: zanclean, lower pliocene Country: Southwest France Before After 1 9 http://www.paleotheque.fr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimB88 Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 2 entries for VFOTM #1 Turrisaspis sp. dorsal median plate Upper Devonian Catskill Formation Pennsylvania, USA model by C. Fredrick Mullison #2 Ischnacanthid acanthodian jaw section Upper Devonian Catskill Formation Pennsylvania, USA One of three specimens from that site. Donated to Dave Broussard of Lycoming College. Photo courtesy of Dave Broussard. 3 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scylla Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 Wow! What a great month of entries! I will go ahead and toss in my latest find. It may not win as the best fossil, but it is probably the biggest in this month's contest. The day after the TFF meet up at DSR my son and I met up with another fossiling buddy at the Gaulin Dinosaur Trackway near Springfield, MA. We got to see some tracks destined for museums, but we also got to split our own rock and find our own tracks. I am a rank amateur at recognising tracks, but I began to see tracks everywhere by the end of the day. This is my first find: Date of find- 6/13/21 Age: 200 to 220 million years Early Jurassic East Berlin Formation Name: Grallator sp. Locality: Gaulin Dinosaur Trackway, Massachusetts We found an Eubrontes and a bunch of Grallator tracks too. Hours of meticulous tapping at old butter knives, flat chisels, putty knives and even thin wooden wedges finally paid off with a beneficial split. We found multiple prints but couldn't cut the rock up in time. So I just backed up the minivan, dumped out the seats and all the tools and finds from the previous day and my son managed to figure out how to navigate several hundred pounds of rock into the van. (Fossiling pro tip: if collecting trackways, bring an engine hoist and rigging) We properly padded the slab with plywood and tarps and reloaded everything back on top. Took most of the next week to unload since we had 4 people loading it in but just 2 of us to unload. There are several different prints on the slab but they are hard to photograph. Here is the whole slab for scale: This is showing it in the minivan: Here is a cropped and zoomed in pic showing another one of the prints: This one (NOT MY FIND) showing a print on top of a print and mud cracks is one headed to a museum: 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrehistoricWonders Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 (edited) 46 minutes ago, Scylla said: Wow! What a great month of entries! I will go ahead and toss in my latest find. It may not win as the best fossil, but it is probably the biggest in this month's contest. The day after the TFF meet up at DSR my son and I met up with another fossiling buddy at the Gaulin Dinosaur Trackway near Springfield, MA. We got to see some tracks destined for museums, but we also got to split our own rock and find our own tracks. I am a rank amateur at recognising tracks, but I began to see tracks everywhere by the end of the day. This is my first find: Date of find- 6/13/21 Age: 200 to 220 million years Name: Grallator sp. Locality: Gaulin Dinosaur Trackway, Massachusetts We found an eubrontes and a bunch of grallator tracks too. Hours of meticulous tapping at old butter knives, flat chisels, putty knives and even thin wooden wedges finally paid off with a beneficial split. We found multiple prints but couldn't cut the rock up in time. So I just backed up the minivan, dumped out the seats and all the tools and finds from the previous day and my son managed to figure out how to navigate several hundred pounds of rock into the van. (Fossiling pro tip: if collecting trackways, bring an engine hoist and rigging) We properly padded the slab with plywood and tarps and reloaded everything back on top. Took most of the next week to unload since we had 4 people loading it in but just 2 of us to unload. There are several different prints on the slab but they are hard to pphotograph. Here is the whole slab for scale: This is showing it in the minivan: Here is a cropped and zoomed in pic showing another one of the prints: This one (NOT MY FIND) showing a print on top of a print and mud cracks is one headed to a museum: Super cool finds! I love tracks Edited June 29, 2021 by Familyroadtrip 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifbrindacier Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 1 hour ago, Scylla said: Wow! What a great month of entries! I will go ahead and toss in my latest find. It may not win as the best fossil, but it is probably the biggest in this month's contest. The day after the TFF meet up at DSR my son and I met up with another fossiling buddy at the Gaulin Dinosaur Trackway near Springfield, MA. We got to see some tracks destined for museums, but we also got to split our own rock and find our own tracks. I am a rank amateur at recognising tracks, but I began to see tracks everywhere by the end of the day. This is my first find: Date of find- 6/13/21 Age: 200 to 220 million years Name: Grallator sp. Locality: Gaulin Dinosaur Trackway, Massachusetts Just, wow ! 1 "On ne voit bien que par le coeur, l'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux." (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry) "We only well see with the heart, the essential is invisible for the eyes." In memory of Doren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
historianmichael Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 Just finished cleaning this scallop covered in barnacles from my trip last weekend. It is far from being the rarest find, but I thought it was cool and fun. If anything, it adds some variety to this month's invertebrate competition. Date of Discovery: June 26, 2021 Scientific and/or Common Name: Chesapecten middlesexensis middlesexensis encrusted by Balanus concavus Geologic Age or Geologic Formation: Eastover Formation, Cobham Bay Member (Late Miocene) State, Province, or Region Found: Virginia 1 6 Follow me on Instagram (@fossil_mike) to check out my personal collection of fossils collected and acquired over more than 15 years of fossil hunting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainefossils Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 (edited) A last minute entry here! This is the smallest and best preserved Chonetes bastini that I have recovered. It only measures 5 mm in length! The pictures below are first of the cast, and second of the external mold. Date found: 6/4/2021 Scientific name: Chonetes bastini Geologic Age or Geologic Formation: Pridoli, Silurian; Leighton Formation State, Province, or Region found: Pembroke, Maine Edited June 30, 2021 by Mainefossils 1 3 The more I learn, the more I find that I know nothing. Regards, Asher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuMert Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 More last minute inverts Not a perfect Craspedites, but iridescent enough. Classical size and green color Date of discovery: 06-08-2021 Name: Craspedites mosquensis ammonite Period: Jurassic, Volgian (Tithonian), Craspedites nodiger ammonite zone Location: Russia, Samara Oblast, Kashpir 2 6 My sites & reports Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PetrolPete Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 I'll throw in a last minute entry too, my favorite find from my recent trip. Date of discovery: 06-19-2021 Common Name: Eden Valley Opalised Wood with possible insect traces Formation/Age: Laney Shale Member of the Green River Formation (according to Rockd) Eocene age Location: Sweetwater County Wyoming It's hard to catch it all in four pictures Possible insect traces under the opal/chalcedony under a black light (long wave) 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 Wow! Stiff competition this month! Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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