2021 Invertebrate / Plant Fossil Of The Year Poll!

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Here we are with our 2021 IPFOTY contest entries. These are all 12 of our IPFOTM winners from 2021, listed in the order of the month they won. Carefully review these entries and vote for the one you think deserves the title of 2021 Invertebrate / Plant Fossil Of The Year!

 

Poll closes on the 27th of January just before midnight. You can also vote for the 2021 Vertebrate Fossil Of The Year contest HERE.

 

1. Acanthotelson stimpsoni shrimp - 307 million years old, Pennsylvanian, Francis Creek Shale Layer (307 Ma) - Mazon Creek, Grundy County, Illinois

 

2. Anataphrus vigilans trilobite - Elgin Member, Maquoketa Formation (Late Ordovician) - NE Iowa

 

3. Romaniceras mexicanum ammonite - Upper Cretaceous (Turonian) - Blue Hill Member, Carlile Shale - Sandoval Co., New Mexico

 

4. Cricket (Superfamily Grylloidea) & Damselfly (Suborder Zygoptera) - Eocene, Green River Formation - Colorado

 

5. Tumidocarcinus giganteus crab - mid-Miocene - Canterbury, New Zealand

 

6. Craspedites mosquensis ammonite - Jurassic, Volgian (Tithonian), Craspedites nodiger ammonite zone - Samara Oblast, Kashpir, Russia

 

7. Architarbus rotundatus spider - Pennsylvanian, Francis Creek Shale - Mazon Creek, Morris, Illinois

 

8. Annularia radiata leaf whorls - Francis Creek Shale (Pennsylvanian) - Grundy Co., Illinois

 

9. Carneyella pilea edrioasteroid - Late Ordovician, Bellevue Formation (452.0 - 449.5 Ma) - Mason County, Kentucky

 

10. Spider, indet. Chelicerate - Miocene, Messinian Stage - near Murat, Cantal Dept., France

 

11. Urasterella montana starfish - Upper Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian) Kasimovian stage Kreviakian substage - Kasimov town, Ryazan region, Russia

 

12. Dipleura dekayi trilobite - Devonian, Moscow Fm - New York

[Megalodoodle]

All of these entries are the stuff of legends! Good luck to all of you! 

[Top Trilo]

You expect me to pick one? 

[Sjfriend]

Since one of them beat me I'm definitely not voting for that one 

[ClearLake]

Wow, too many good entries. How will I choose!?!?

[sharkdoctor]

What a spectacular set of entries!!!!! I am blowing circuits just looking at these, let alone choosing one!

[digit]

Our members did very well for themselves last year. Many drool-worthy finds there.

 

 

Cheers.

 

-Ken