digit Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 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 JULY 31, 2021 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.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinosaur man Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 •Date of Discovery: Thursday July 8th, 2020 •Scientific and/or Common Name: Mucrospirifer thedfordensis •Geologic Age or Geologic Formation: 350 million year old Hungary Hollow Formation and Arkona Shale •State, Province or Region Found: Rock Glen, Arkona Ontario 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manticocerasman Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 I usally only find invertebrtes in the deposits that I prospect since vertabrate remains are very rare in the Devonian layers in Belgium, and often badly preserved. But this time I hit the jackpot with a very well preserved piece of placoderm armor Found on Saturday the 3rd of July 2021. Placoderm armor : Aspidichthys cf. Late Devonian ( Frasnian ) Neuville formation Chimay ( Belgium ) as found: after chemical prepparation: 2 18 growing old is mandatory but growing up is optional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted July 13, 2021 Author Share Posted July 13, 2021 Very nice! We're off to a fine start for both categories. Cheers. -Ken 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
historianmichael Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 That piece of placoderm armor is incredible! Great find! 1 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...
dinosaur man Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 Amazing piece of Placoderm armour, great find! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Fossils Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 My first entry ever...found yesterday at Cap Blanc Nez. Date of Discovery (july, 13, 2021) • Scientific and/or Common Name: Epihoplites Compressus • Geologic Age or Geologic Formation: Gault Clay. Albian age • State, Province, or Region Found: Cap Blanc Nez, France. 1 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huntonia Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 Very nice! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Top Trilo Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 A bit more variety, my largest and favorite find, this 8.1 pound (3.7 kg) chunk of cretaceous petrified wood with great detail and colorful botryoidal chalcedony. •Date of Discovery: Saturday July 10th, 2021 •Scientific and/or Common Name: Family Lauraceae, laurel tree. •Geologic Age or Geologic Formation: Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian age, 70-66 million year old Daswon Formation •State, Province or Region Found: Arapahoe County, Colorado 1 6 “If fossils are not "boggling" your mind then you are simply not doing it right” -Ken (digit) "No fossil is garbage, it´s just not completely preserved” -Franz (FranzBernhard) "With hammer in hand, the open horizon of time, and dear friends by my side, what can we not accomplish together?" -Kane (Kane) "We are in a way conquering time, reuniting members of a long lost family" -Quincy (Opabinia Blues) "I loved reading the trip reports, I loved the sharing, I loved the educational aspect, I loved the humor. It felt like home. It still does" -Mike (Pagurus) “The best deal I ever got was getting accepted as a member on The Fossil Forum. Not only got an invaluable pool of knowledge, but gained a loving family as well.” -Doren (caldigger) "it really is nice, to visit the oasis that is TFF" -Tim (fossildude19) "Life's Good! -Adam (Tidgy's Dad) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connorp Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 On 7/13/2021 at 1:49 AM, Manticocerasman said: after chemical prepparation: Lovely If you don't mind me asking, what kind of chemical prep was used? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainefossils Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 (edited) I guess I will give this one a shot... It really amazes me how much variety there is in the scale ornamentation of thelodonts - many "new" species actually turn out to be just new scales from the same species. The one below is a cephalo-pectoral scale. You can get an idea of how many different scales can be found on this thelodont here (this specimen is scale C): https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRNizwd18mwWUGPGvlzSKrYlbOlWi4g-UdJgA&usqp=CAU Date of Discovery: July 7, 2021 Scientific Name: Phlebolepis elegans Geologic Age or Geologic Formation: Pridoli, Silurian; Leighton Formation State, Province, or Region Found: Pembroke, Maine. Edited July 17, 2021 by Mainefossils 1 7 The more I learn, the more I find that I know nothing. Regards, Asher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted July 17, 2021 Author Share Posted July 17, 2021 Very nice! I enjoy learning new things and "thelodont" wasn't in my active vocabulary or anywhere on my radar screen till I saw your entry. Do you have a larger copy of the plate showing the different scale types? It would be interesting to see the variety. Cheers. -Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainefossils Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 I do, but it is part of a Jstor article, so I can only share the link and not the full image. It is from Buccopharyngo-Branchial Denticles of Phlebolepis elegans Pander (Thelodonti, Agnatha), here: https://www.jstor.org/stable/20490988?Search=yes&resultItemClick=true&searchText=phlebolepis&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3Dphlebolepis%2B%26acc%3Doff%26wc%3Don%26fc%3Doff%26group%3Dnone%26refreqid%3Dsearch%3A41c0f48b1a33a6feec442dd26e5b7acb&ab_segments=0%2FSYC-5910%2Fcontrol&refreqid=fastly-default%3A63ee827d1246bbf42e9c2ea1b34ac07a Thanks for your interest! The more I learn, the more I find that I know nothing. Regards, Asher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 Shared and cited: figures from: Märss, T., Wilson, M.V.H. 2008 Buccopharyngo-Branchial Denticles of Phlebolepis elegans Pander (Thelodonti, Agnatha). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 28(3):601-612 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainefossils Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 Thanks! I'm so sorry for the inconvenience - I was under the impression it was against the terms and conditions. Guess I was wrong. Thanks for your help! The more I learn, the more I find that I know nothing. Regards, Asher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notidanodon Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 Found a very rare hybodont shark from the Isle of Wight recently this tooth came from the vectis formation, the limestones of this formation hold a lot of shark remains but the thin mudstones higher in the formation aren’t recorded to even have shark remains, so this could be a first! Date of Discovery: July 11th 2021 Scientific Name: Parvodus heterodon Geologic Age or Geologic Formation: Cretaceous, barremian; vectis Formation State, Province, or Region Found: Yaverland, Isle of Wight An example of the rock it came from 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkdoctor Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 @will stevenson Great finds, Will! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notidanodon Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 (edited) 2 minutes ago, sharkdoctor said: @will stevenson Great finds, Will! I’ve got another one coming! Edited July 19, 2021 by will stevenson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notidanodon Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 (edited) I did spend a week hunting every low tide on the Isle of Wight so I found a lot , I was very lucky with a few of my finds though so I have quite a few Here is one of my favourite finds! It is worn but still very rare especially during the summer! Date of Discovery: July 11th 2021 Scientific Name: theropod indet Geologic Age or Geologic Formation: Cretaceous, barremian; Wessex Formation State, Province, or Region Found: Yaverland, Isle of Wight Edited July 19, 2021 by will stevenson 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 @will stevenson - Your entries should be separate. 1 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notidanodon Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 15 minutes ago, Fossildude19 said: @will stevenson - Your entries should be separate. Yes sorry about that, the forum joined my topics for me (I assume as I posted too many times in a row) how should I undo that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 Will, do you have more than two entries in the vertebrate category? ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notidanodon Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Kane said: Will, do you have more than two entries in the vertebrate category? Hi Kane, yes I do if that’s forbidden I can take it down. I do understand that it limits my chances of winning by splitting the votes but I care more about showing people what I found Should I will remove the croc tooth to deal with the double post and too many entries? They are all fairly rare so I thought they were all worth an entry Edited July 19, 2021 by will stevenson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 1 minute ago, will stevenson said: Hi Kane, yes I do if that’s forbidden I can take it down. I do understand that it limits my chances of winning by splitting the votes but I care more about showing people what I found Aye, rule #2 of the contest will mean you will have to decide on your very best two. And, don't forget that you can still proudly show what you found in the non-contest threads, too. 1 2 ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 10 minutes ago, will stevenson said: Should I will remove the croc tooth to deal with the double post and too many entries? Edit the post to reflect which of the two you want to enter. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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