digit Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 2022 VERTEBRATE FOSSIL OF THE YEAR (VFOTY) The winner of the 2022 VFOTY goes to... Penguin (taxon indet.) - Late Miocene, likely Greta Fm - Canterbury, New Zealand Congratulations @mamlambo !!! 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 Best thing EVER! And couldn't happen to a nicer guy. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 Congratulations!!! 1 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocket Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 boa, what a great fossil!!! Congretulations 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old bones Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 Congratulations! Wonderful fossil! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandpa Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 Congratulations! What a find! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 Slam dunk winner, congratulations great find 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamlambo Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 No ways!!! I can't believe this Thanks so much, I am honestly blown away by this. I honestly think any of the monthly winners could have taken this, they were really all amazing fossil finds which I would have loved to find - especially that reptile skull and mosasaur tail section. Thanks for organising the competition @digit! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 Congrats. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted January 26, 2023 Author Share Posted January 26, 2023 23 minutes ago, mamlambo said: Thanks for organising the competition @digit! Thanks for participating. It was a drool-worthy specimen and enough of a rarity to carry the day for both the monthly contest and our year-end wrap-up. Best of all is knowing that this is a SIS (Scientifically Important Specimen) that will find its way into the hands of an interested researcher. Please do keep us appraised of the progress and possibly a link when the paper is published. We'd love to see this in our Partners in Paleontology gallery in the future. Cheers. -Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamlambo Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 3 minutes ago, digit said: Thanks for participating. It was a drool-worthy specimen and enough of a rarity to carry the day for both the monthly contest and our year-end wrap-up. Best of all is knowing that this is a SIS (Scientifically Important Specimen) that will find its way into the hands of an interested researcher. Please do keep us appraised of the progress and possibly a link when the paper is published. We'd love to see this in our Partners in Paleontology gallery in the future. Cheers. -Ken I'll definitely do that! It's a long process to get it published but hopefully we will see something in a couple of years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted January 26, 2023 Author Share Posted January 26, 2023 Papers do seem glacially slow in their progress. Sounds like this researcher may welcome your participation in the process so at least you'll see some indications of progress before the final paper drops. This forum encourages and celebrates cooperation between avocational collectors and professional researchers believing strongly that citizen science is a positive force in paleontology. Cheers. -Ken 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike from North Queensland Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 Congratulations spectacular specimen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Praefectus Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 Congratulations! Great find! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pagurus Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 Finds like yours keep us coming back here, to this amazing forum. Along with all the other fantastic reasons of course. 1 Start the day with a smile and get it over with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fin Lover Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 Congratulations on an amazing find! 1 Fin Lover My favorite things about fossil hunting: getting out of my own head, getting into nature and, if I’m lucky, finding some cool souvenirs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SawTooth Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 Congratulations! I'm still trying to figure how a find like that is possible! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClearLake Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 Wow, that is pretty spectacular! Congratulations!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misha Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 Congratulations on the great find and prep! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ancient Bones Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 Congratulations !! Great specimen, great find ! ' Keep calm and carry on fossiling ' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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