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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 AUGUST 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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I start this subject with this murex of a respectable size of 65 mm that I found a few days ago despite the heat wave!
It is the most beautiful specimen of this species that I have been allowed to observe. The photos are a summary of the moment of its discovery until the final result.

 

 

• Date of Discovery :  August , 02 , 2022

• Scientific  Name : Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) trunculus conglobatus ( Michelotti, 1841) - (cf. MNHN) 

• Geologic Age : Pliocene

• France , Languedoc-Roussilon

 

The day of the discovery on the site:

 

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During the work to clear the murex:

 

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First preview before final result:

 

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Results after stabilization:

 

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Beautiful work--thanks for the prep photos they certainly show the progress from finding to showcase.

 

 

Cheers.

 

-Ken

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Hi,

 

Absolutly magnificent ! :wub:

 

Coco

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Awesome-looking specimen and excellent prep! :default_clap2:

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A little something- a tiny tooth of a tiny marine reptile 

• Date of Discovery- August 5 2022

• Scientific and/or Common Name  - Coniasaurus sp.

• Geologic Age or Geologic Formation - Eagle Ford Formation

• State, Province, or Region Found - Texas

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I'll submit this concretion that opened yesterday. Acanthotelson is one of the more common Mazon Creek shrimp, but I've never found two in one concretion before!

 

Date of Discovery: Collected sometime in 2022, opened August 17

Scientific and/or Common Name: Acanthotelson stimpsoni

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

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

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I’ll go ahead and submit this very intriguing trilobite I found today.
 

Date of discovery: August 19, 2022

Scientific name: Monodechenella macrocephala

Geologic age or geologic formation: Middle Devonian, Hamilton Group, Moscow Formation, Windom Member

State, province, or region found: Deep Springs Road locality in Earlville, New York. 
 

Officially speaking, Monodechenella macrocephala is not supposed to be in the Windom Member of the Moscow Formation. This is the only specimen I have ever seen or heard of from the Windom Shale, making it quite a special find!
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Date of Discovery: August 18, 2022

Scientific Name: Striacoceras typum var. beta

Geologic Age or Geologic Formation: Middle Devonian, late Givetian, Hamilton Group, Mahantango Formation

State, province, or region found: Seven Stars, PA

These two orthocerid nautiloids were found right up against each other, facing opposite directions. They both preserve the end of the body chamber, and in the smaller one several chambers of the phragmocone. It is the sheer size of these specimens that makes them so special, especially when remembering that these nautiloids lived alongside Dipleura, a giant predatory trilobite. This provides evidence that the two predators relied on different food sources, both of them being very successful at this particular site. These are also the first fossils I successfully chiseled out of the rock.

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The two specimens fully excavated.

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The smaller specimen in situ.

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The larger specimen in situ, with the imprint of the smaller specimen visible.

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Since I probably wont ever find an other specimen like this:

My entry for this month:

Date of Discovery: August 20, 2022

Scientific Name: nautiloid, probably Pleuronoceras nodosum ( the literature on the taxon is a little outdated )

Geologic Age or Geologic Formation:   Middle Devonian - Eifelian - Hanonet formation

State, province, or region found: Belgium, Couvin, quarry: "La Couvinoise"

 

As found:

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After the prep:

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Date of discovery: August 21st

Scientific name: Pyritized Pecopteris

Geologic age: Carbonferniferous, Llewellyn formation 

Location: Schuylkill County, PA, USA

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Date of Discovery:  8/11/22

• Scientific and/or Common Name: Scientific name is Merycoidodon sp., and common name is Oreodont.

• Geologic Age or Geologic Formation: White River Formation

• State, Province, or Region Found: Crawford, NE, USA

 

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I found this skull sitting on top of the ground while fossil hunting with my family. Unfortunately I was unable to find the rest of the skull. I still find it pretty cool though!

 

-Micah

 

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I'd like to enter my recent find in for this months fossil find of the month.

Initially I thought it was a worn Ichthyosaur paddle digit pebble, but it turned out to be much rarer.

 

• Date of Discovery  (month, day, year)  17th June, Prepared 27th August By Ryan Carpenter

• Plesiosaurus Paddle bones/digits

• Whitby Mudstone Formation (Toarcian, Lower Jurassic) 

• Yorkshire Coast, Whitby, England

 

Photo As found

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After Preparation 

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It'd be wrong of me not to include my best find of this month. The Plesiosaur train has really been rolling lately

 

Date of discovery: August 10, 2022

Scientific name: partially rooted  Brachauchenius lucasi (pliosaur) tooth

Geologic age or geologic formation: Eagle Ford formation, late cenomanian

State, province, or region found: Texas

 

Before prep:

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After prep:

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Here's my other favorite find

My first Ptychodus occidentalis, found while scouting a new (for me) spot!

 

Date of discovery: August 8, 2022

Scientific name: Ptychodus occidentalis tooth

Geologic age or geologic formation: Eagle Ford formation, cenomanian

State, province, or region found: Texas

 

As found:

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After prep:

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Here is an extremely rare specimen of a Silurian scorpion I found while in New York with my pal Allan Lang.

 

Date of discovery: August 18th 2022

Scientific name: Proscorpius osborni

Geologic age or geologic formation: Upper Silurian. Bertie Group, Fiddlers Green formation, Phelps member. 

State, province, or region found: New York, Herkimer, Lang's quarry .

 

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Just to keep the Plesiosaur theme going, here’s a tooth that I found while hunting with my daughter at Penarth…

 

Date of discovery; 25/08/22

Scientific name; Plesiosaur (possibly Eurycleidus arcuatus)

Geological age; Jurassic, Hettangian.

State, province or region found; Penarth, Wales, UK

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For the vertebrate FOTM here's an extremely rare acanthodian, spine from the eurypterid beds in the Fiddlers green formation. It doesn't look like much but Allan has only seen a few come out of his quarry. 

 

Date of discovery: August 21th 2022

Scientific name: Undetermined acanthodian, cf Nerepisacanthus. sp

Geologic age or geologic formation: Upper Silurian. Bertie Group, Fiddlers Green formation, Phelps member. 

State, province, or region found: New York, Herkimer, Lang's quarry .

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Boy, this month has seen some awesome plesiosaur fossils being found! :drool:

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welp i have 2 things planned for this but im not sure i can compete with these finds:envy: great finds everyone

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50 minutes ago, will stevenson said:

welp i have 2 things planned for this but im not sure i can compete with these finds:envy: great finds everyone

please add them! The point of the contest I think isn't necessarily to see "who will win", but rather to see all the awesome fossils found each month proudly showcased - with a friendly competition as the cherry on top :popcorn:

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Indeed! This is the place to show off your best finds this month. Couple of days left to get your entries in.

 

 

Cheers.

 

-Ken

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