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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, 2022

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!

 

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Rules for The Fossil Forum's Vertebrate and Invertebrate/Plant Find of the Month Contests

  1. Find a great Vertebrate Fossil or Invertebrate/Plant Fossil! Only fossils found personally by you are allowed. NO PURCHASED FOSSILS.
  2. 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.)
  3. 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.
  4. 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).
  5. 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.
  6. You must include the Common and/or Scientific Name.
  7. You must include the Geologic Age or Geologic Formation where the fossil was found.
  8. You must include the State, Province, or region where the fossil was found.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.)

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Found July 02

Eusphenopteris striata negative and positive plate 34cm X26cm 

Gothan Wesphalian (upper Carboniferous)

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Date of Discovery: Collected in June, opened July 2

Scientific Name: Crenulopteris subcrenulata

Geologic Age or Geologic Formation: Francis Creek Shale (Middle Pennsylvanian)

State, Province, or Region Found: Grundy County, Illinois

 

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And the fossil plants take an early lead in submissions. Who else is making use of the long summer days (northern hemisphere) to get out and find some fossils?

 

 

Cheers.

 

-Ken

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Discovered July 9th 2022

Dinosaur rib with probable bite marks, species unknown 

Dinosaur Park fm, Late Cretaceous, Campanian 

Newell county, Alberta Canada 


 

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Going with a relatively common find, but this is the biggest Hemi I’ve found yet at 1.65”, and it’s perfectly preserved - serrations and root and all. Add in the bone valley blue, and I felt like I had to post.
 

Date of Discovery: July 9th, 2022

Scientific Name: Hemipristis Serra

Geologic Age or Geologic Formation: Bone Valley formation, Miocene

State, Province, or Region Found: Bowling Green, Florida

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Fossils? I dig it. :meg:

 

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4 minutes ago, Meganeura said:

Date of Discovery: July 9th, 2022

Scientific Name: Hemipristis Serra

Pretty tooth , Daniel.  You seem to be on your way...

If you hunt this area this frequently and you are in it for the long haul, you are very likely to find rare fossils.

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2 minutes ago, Shellseeker said:

Pretty tooth , Daniel.  You seem to be on your way...

If you hunt this area this frequently and you are in it for the long haul, you are very likely to find rare fossils.

Thank you! Slowly but surely I'm finding more and more that aren't just the common teeth, like the Dolphin Tympanic Bulla from last week. Maybe this coming weekend I'll find a mammalian tooth of some kind that isn't horse, lol. That would be awesome. 

Fossils? I dig it. :meg:

 

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21 hours ago, Meganeura said:

Thank you! Slowly but surely I'm finding more and more that aren't just the common teeth, like the Dolphin Tympanic Bulla from last week. Maybe this coming weekend I'll find a mammalian tooth of some kind that isn't horse, lol. That would be awesome. 

That is a beautiful tooth Daniel.

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Can’t hurt now that I’ve found something!

Really delighted to have found my first complete bugs! 

 

 

Date of Discovery: July 3rd, 2022

Scientific Name: Greenops sp. (Could be boothi or Grabaui?)

Geologic Age or Geologic Formation:  Mid Devonian/Givetian

State, Province, or Region Found:  Hamilton County, NY

 

 

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A very good month for trilobites!! 
 

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Date of Discovery: July 20, 2022

Scientific Name: Dipleura dekayi, Greenops sp., bivalve, brachiopod

Geologic Age or Geologic Formation:  Middle Devonian Skaneateles Formation Delphi Member Hamilton Group

State, Province, or Region Found:  Hamilton County, NY

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39 minutes ago, Jeffrey P said:

Can we see a closeup of what the Dipleura cephalon is sitting on?

Sure thing! There are some little odds and ends- behind it is just matrix, and I took some creative liberties outlining what looks like a disintegrated cephalon underneath- the orange cone I originally thought might have been a tiny orthoceras, but it also could just be the corner of a cheek. The little droplet at bottom right was also a mystery to me. Looking forward to hearing what you think! 
 

 

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Figure I’ll enter my big Eldredgeops.

 

• Date of Discovery  (month, day, year) - 07-20-2022

• Scientific and/or Common Name Eldredgeops rana

• Geologic Age or Geologic Formation Mahantango Formation (Devonian)

• State, Province, or Region Found Pennsylvania, USA

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Articulated mosasaur tail in situ as I found it.

 

 

• Date of Discovery:    7-2-2022

• Scientific and/or Common Name: Mosasaur Tylosaurus?

• Geologic Age or Geologic Formation: Pierre shale 

• State, Province, or Region Found:  South Dakota

 

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Really proud of this double roller,found in June but significant prep was completed this month.  Check out the perfect roller!

 

 

 

Date of Discovery - June 7, 2022 - Date of Prep - July 11, 2022

 • Scientific and/or Common Name:  Eldredgeops rana

• Geologic Age or Geologic Formation: Middle Devonian

• State, Province, or Region Found: Penn Dixie quarry, Hamburg NY

 

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Date of Discovery : 07-26-2022

Scientific and/or Common Name: Larval Eurypterid-Sea Scorpion/ Parahughmilleria maria

Geologic Age or Geologic Formation: Lizard Creek member of the Shawangunk Formation, Lower Silurian

State, Province, or Region Found: Pennsylvania, USA

 

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I think I am going to put this pretty piece that I picked up yesterday, 7-26-22.

 

Date of discovery: 7-26-22

Scientific/Common Name: Lycopodites Twig / Stem

Geologic Age: Carboniferous

Formation: Francis Creek Shale

State Found: Illinois

 

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Cleaned up with water-

 

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I may as well throw another trilobite into the mix, just for fun.

 

What this one lacks in completeness is made up for in terms of its rarity. Only two relatively complete specimens from this area have ever been found (a smaller one on the same day), and this is one of them. I am going with the conventional taxonomy here, although the span is from the Ekwan river way to the north and as far south as Anticosti Island. It could be a new species, but we won't know until someone revises the Temiskaming fauna. Photos are of its initial state and its preparation this month.

 

 I should state that even fragments of this one are rare, with encrinurids dominating this formation (and even then, also rare). One is lucky to find a single trilobite a day from working this material.

 

This was told to me as unpreppable. I took that as my challenge to do so. It measures about 8.5 cm, or almost 3 inches, making it the largest trilobite in this formation.

 

 

• Date of Discovery: Oct 13, 2021

• Scientific and/or Common Name: Ekwanoscutellum ekwanensis

• Geologic Age or Geologic Formation: Thornloe Fm (Silurian)

• State, Province, or Region Found: Temiskaming (Ontario, Canada)

 

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As my second entry for the month, I had to go with the beautiful scute I found, since the carnivore tooth I found is only a partial.
 

Date of Discovery: July 28th, 2022

Scientific and/or Common Name: Glyptodont

Geologic Age or Geologic Formation: Pleistocene, Bone Valley Member, Hawthorne Formation

State, Province, or Region Found: Peace River, Florida

 

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Adding this in for July consideration! My first Ptychodus from Austin TX Travis County. Thanks to @LSCHNELLE for help with ID! I love the wear on the top

that shows the structure. It is 1/2 inch

 

• Date of Discovery :  July 23 2022

• Scientific and/or Common Name : Ptychodus occidentalis

• Geologic Age or Geologic Formation : Eagle Ford

• State, Province, or Region Found: Texas

 

 

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Nice diversity of fossils this month-y'all been busy. ;)

 

Couple more days to get your entries in.

 

 

Cheers.

 

-Ken

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