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May 2023 - Finds of the Month Entries


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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 MAY 31, 2023

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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Date of Discovery  5/8/23

Scientific and/or Common Name: Hesperocyon gregarius

Geologic Age or Geologic Formation: White River Formation

State, Province, or Region Found: Nebraska, USA 

Length of Specimen: 1 and ¾ of an inch (4.445 centimeters)

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I found this neat, and rare, Hesperocyon jaw while guiding a small group the other day. This is my first specimen from the family canidae. Interestingly, I also found another Hesperocyon jaw, and a few canid teeth. 

 

Cheers and Shalom,

 

-Micah

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Date of Discovery  5/8/23

Scientific and/or Common Name: Hyracodon nebraskensis

Geologic Age or Geologic Formation: White River Formation

State, Province, or Region Found: Nebraska, USA 

Length of Specimen: 6 inches (15.24 centimeters)

Photos of Find: 
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I also found this cool partial rhino jaw while guiding the group. It is definitely one of my most favorite finds! I was so excited about this that I started prepping it as soon as I got it home.

 

Cheers and Shalom,

 

-Micah

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Might as well drop this guy in here since I doubt I’ll find anything as good this month. 
 

Hadrosaurid Toe Ungual w/ Pathology
Discovered May 16, 2023 

Dinosaur Park Formation, 76.5-74.4 mya 

Special area no. 2, Alberta, Canada 

 

 

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Collected 5/23/23

Eurypteris remipes/Eurypterid ( 5 3/4 inches tall) 

Upper Silurian, Fiddler's Green Formation,Phelps Waterlime

Bertie Group - Lang's Quarry - Ilion, N.Y.

 

 

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Trimmed and cleaned by Al Lang

Right paddle repaired by Mr. Lang

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Found this beautiful Hawaiian porcupinefish mouth plate on a trip to Oahu. It sits in its original matrix consisting of ancient Pleistocene reef which includes chunks of volcanic debris.

 

 

 

Date of Discovery: 5/23/23

Scientific and/or Common Name: Diodon sp., Porcupinefish

Geologic Age or Geologic Formation: Waimanalo Formation, Pleistocene (130,000 years old)

State, Province, or Region Found: Oahu, USA

 

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This is the first and only example of this Paleozoic shark tooth genus I've found. As I understand it, they had a single pair (one top and bottom) of teeth that sat at the front of the jaw.

 

• Date of Discovery:  May 06, 2023 

• Scientific and/or Common Name: Peripristis semicircularis.

• Geologic Age or Geologic Formation: Late Pennsylvanian, Kasimovian, Conemaugh Group, Glenshaw Formation (Lower–Middle)

• State, Province, or Region Found: Brooke County, West Virginia

• Photos of Find:

 

Scale bar = 5 mm.

 

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Only one invert entry? This Eury is unstoppable, but just for fun:

• Date of Discovery: 05/21/2023 

• Scientific and/or Common Name: Rudists Vaccinites sp. in Sandstone

• Geologic Age or Geologic Formation: Upper Geistthal-Formation, Gosau-Group of Kainach / Upper Santonian - Lower Campanian

• State, Province, or Region Found: Römaskogel-38, Kainach near Voitsberg, Styria, Austria

 

For further information see ;):

I did it again!! Fossil hunting in the Northern Kainach Gosau, Styria, Austria (Upper Cretaceous) - Fossil Hunting Trips - The Fossil Forum

 

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34 minutes ago, cngodles said:

but I can't compete with the Eurypterid. It's cute.

Veeeery cute! Anyways, just put up your best invert find of the month.

Its all about good fun and education, not so much about winning ;).

Franz Bernhard

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3 hours ago, FranzBernhard said:

Veeeery cute! Anyways, just put up your best invert find of the month.

Its all about good fun and education, not so much about winning ;).

Franz Bernhard

Agree completely!

 

It should not be all about the little digital award but instead letting us drool over your best find of the month. ;)

 

 

Cheers.

 

-Ken

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I'll take @digit's suggestion to heart and add my best find of the month.  I apologize, there is a typo in the display.  The date should be 5/7/23 not 4/7/23 (see my trip report here: Ash Grove Quarry, Midlothian Texas Sharks Teeth Trip - Fossil Hunting Trips - The Fossil Forum  )

 

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• Date of Discovery  (month, day, year) ; 5/7/2023

• Scientific and/or Common Name; Ptychodus atcoensis

• Geologic Age or Geologic Formation;  Cretaceous Atco Fm.

• State, Province, or Region Found; Ash Grove Quarry, Midlothian Texas, USA

 

 

Thanks

Mike

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Nice Ptychodus, I'm jealous. Can you edit your post and add the info in the standard format. It helps me at the end of the month when I have to cobble together the FOTM polls.

 

******* 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

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As it's illegal to collect fossils in Spain, I guess I will have to take opportunity of my Morocco trip.

 

• Date of Discovery: 5/18/23

• Scientific and/or Common Name: Phacops sp.

• Geologic Age or Geologic Formation: Devonian, Ihandar formation ATCHANA LOCALITY

• State, Province, or Region Found: Alnif Morocco.

• Photos of Find:

 

Size: 27mm L x 18mm W

 

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Mid prep:

 

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1 hour ago, digit said:

Can you edit your post and add the info in the standard format

Sorry, my bad.  It is done.  Thanks Ken.

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