Find Of The Month Winner's Gallery

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April 2017 VFOTM 

 

Diplurus newarki Coelacanth from the Late Triassic Lockatong Formation  

 

 

 

 

fossilsofnj 

 

 

APRIL 2017 IPFOTM  

 

Sinespinaspis markhami Trilobite from the Silurian Cotton Formation.

 

 

 

 

Paleoworld-101 

 

 

 

 

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May 2017 VFOTM

 Sloth Claw and Associated Phalanx from the Pleistocene 

 

         

 

 

 

 

JCBShark

 

 

MAY 2017  IPFOTM

 

 Bellacartwrightia whitelyi Trilobite from the Middle Devonian Moscow Formation 

 

 

 

 

Fossil-Hound

 

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JUNE 2017 VFOTM

Oreodont and maybe Daphoenus - White River Formation, Lusk, Wyoming

 

 

 

caterpillar

 

 

 

 

JUNE 2017  IPFOTM

 

Tealliocaris woodwardi   multiblock, ... from the Lower Carboniferous Gullane Formation of East Lothian, Scotland!

 

 

 

 

 

Archie

 

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JULY 2017  - VFOTM

 

Pachyrhizodus marathonensis Fish from the Cretaceous Toolebuc Formation of Queensland, Australia

 

 

 

 

Paleofan

 

 

 

 

JULY  2017    IPFOTM

 

Damselfly from the Eocene Green River Formation of Lincoln County, Wyoming

 

 

 

 

 

FossilDudeCO

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AUGUST 2017  VFOTM

 

 

Associated Ichthyosaur Bones from the Lower Jurassic of Kromer Quarry, Germany.

 

 

 

belemniten

 

 

 

 

AUGUST 2017 IPFOTM

 

 

Astrocystites with associated Paleocrinus or Carabocrinus from the Bobcaygeon Formation of Ontario, Canada.

 

 

 

 

 

 

MalcolmT

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September 2017  VFOTM

 

 Didelphodon sp. Left Dentary from the Late Cretaceous Hell Creek Formation of Butte County, South Dakota!

 

 

 

hxmendoza

 

 

 

 

 

September 2017 IPFOTM

 

 

 Cornuella cf. ornata Cyrtoconic Nautiloid from the Carboniferous, Mississippian, Brigantian substage of County Durham, UK!

 

 

TqB

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October 2017 VFOTM

 

 

Hesperotestudo (Giant Tortoise) Foot and Associated Osteoderms from the Pleistocene of Sarasota County, Florida.

 

 

 

 

 

 

jcbshark

 

 

 

OCTOBER 2017 IPFOTM

 

 

Eldredgeops iowensis southworthi trilobite from the Devonian Widder Formation of Hungry Hollow, Ontario, Canada!  @Shamalama.

 

 

 

 

Shamalama.

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November 2017 VFOTM

 

The Crocodile (Pallimnarchus pollens) Jaw from the Plio-Pleistocene of Australia!

 

 

 

Jesuslover340

 

 

 

NOVEMBER 2017 IPFOTM

 

The Crinoid from the Ordovician Bobcaygeon Formation  of Ontario, Canada.

 

 

Northern Sharks

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December 2017 VFotM

 

Poebrotherium Camel Jaw from the Oligocene White River Formation of Chadron, Nebraska!

 

 

Cowboy Paleontologist

 

 

 

 

December 2017 IPFotM

 

 

 

Undescribed Jacksonechinus sp. Sea Urchin from the Upper Carboniferous of Kasimov town, Ryazan region, Russia!

 

 

Kanopus

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2017 Vertebrate Fossil of the Year!

 

Giant Tortoise (Hesperotestudo) Foot and Associated Osteoderms from the Pleistocene of Sarasota County, Florida!

 

 

 

 

 

jcbshark2017

 

 

 

Invertebrate Find of the Year! 

 

 Undescribed (New Species?) Damselfly from the Eocene Green River Formation of Lincoln County, Wyoming! 

 

 

 

 

FossilDudeCo

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JANUARY 2018 - VFOTM

 

 

Shrew mandible from the Late Pleistocene of Florida!  

 

 

 

@old bones

 

 

 

JANUARY 2018 - IPFOTM

 

Flexicalymene cf. F. senaria Trilobite from the Ordovician Galena Formation, Prosser Member of Fillmore Co., MN!

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 @GerryK

 

 

 

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FEBRUARY 2018 - VFotM

 Saurodon Fish Jaw from the Cretaceous Atco formation of Dallas, Texas! Congrats to @John S.!

 

 

 

 

 

 

FEBRUARY 2018 - IPVotM 

 

 

Isotelus sp. Trilobite from the Middle Ordovician Carters Limestone/Lower Hermitage Formation of Tennessee! Congrats to @Hal!

 

 

 

 

 

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MARCH 2018 VFOTM

 

The winner of the March 2018 VFOTM goes to... the Columbian Mammoth tusk from the Pleistocene of North Sulphur River, North Texas, USA! Congrats to @Uncle Siphuncle.

  

 

 

 

 

 

MARCH 2018 IPFOTM

 

 

 

The winner of the March 2018 IPFOTM goes to... the Gennaeocrinus Crinoid w/ Platyceras Gastropod from the Middle Devonian, Moscow formation of Livingston County, New York, USA! Congrats to @mikeymig.

 

 

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APRIL 2018 VFOTM

 

 

 Thylacoleo carnifex (Marsupial Lion) Skull from the Pleistocene of Queensland, Australia!  Congratulations to  @Ash 

 

 

 

 

 

APRIL 2018 IPFOTM

 

 

The winner of the April 2018 IPFOTM goes to...the Euproops Xiphosuran from the Late Carboniferous of Piesberg quarry, near Osnabrück, Germany! Congrats to @paleoflor!

 

 

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MAY 2018 VFOTM

 

The winner of the May 2018 VFOTM goes to...the Palaeotherium magnum Skull and Mandible from the Upper Eocene of Southwest France! Congrats to caterpillar.

 

 

 

 

 

MAY 2018 IPVFOTM

 

 

The winner of the May 2018 IPFOTM goes to...the Isotelus iowensis Trilobite from the Ordovician of Fayette County, Iowa! Congrats to  minnbuckeye

 

 

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JUNE 2018 VFOTM

 

 

 Elonichthys peligerus Fish from the Middle Pennsylvanian of Wilmington, Illinois, USA! Congrats to @Nimravis on finding the fossil and winning the competition.

 

 

 

 

 

June 2018 IPFOTM

 

 

Pleurocystites cf. P. squamosus Cystoid  from the Ordovician of Minnesota, USA! Congrats to @GerryK!

 

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JULY 2018 VFOTM

 

The winner of the July 2018 VFOTM goes to... the Cowralepis mclachlani Placoderm from the Middle Devonian of West of Cowra, NSW Australia! Congrats to @Foozil!

 

 

 

 

JULY 2018 IPFOTM

 

 

The winner of the 2018 IPFOTM goes to... the Fusimilis proxima Snail from the Late Cretaceous of Adamsville, Tennessee! Congrats to @FossilDAWG!

 

 

 

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AUGUST 2018 VFOTM

The winner of the August 2018 VFOTM goes to... the Orthacanthus compressus (Shark) from the Upper Pennsylvanian, Upper Freeport #7 Coal of Linton Mine, SE Ohio, USA! Congratulations to @fossilcrazy!

 

 

 

 

AUGUST 2018 IPFOTM

The winner of the August 2018 IPFOTM goes to... the Horn Coral growing in a colony of Syringopora sp. coral from the Pennsylvanian Naco Limestone of NE Gila County, Arizona, USA! Congratulations to @DPS Ammonite!

 

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SEPTEMBER 2018 VFOTM

The winner of the September 2018 VFOTM goes to... Ichthyosaur remains - Whitby Mudstone Formation (Toarcian, Lower Jurassic) - Yorkshire Coast, Whitby, England. Congratulations to @LiamL!

 

 

 

 

SEPTEMBER 2018 IPFOTM

The winner of the September 2018 IPFOTM goes to... Favosites placenta (tabulate coral with epibionts) - Mid-Devonian, Hungry Hollow Formation - South Pit, Hungry Hollow, Arkona, Ontario, Canada. Congratulations to @Monica!

 

 

 

 

 

 

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OCTOBER 2018 VFOTM

The winner of the October 2018 VFOTM goes to... Tylosaurus proriger mosasaur tooth - Ozan Member of the Taylor Formation, upper Cretaceous - North Sulphur River,  TX. Congratulations to @-AnThOnY-!

 

   

 

OCTOBER 2018 IPFOTM

The winner of the October 2018 IPFOTM goes to... Eldredgeops rana multiple plate - Middle Devonian/Windom Shale, Hamilton Group  - Penn-Dixie Fossil Park, Blasdell, NY. Congratulations to @FossilDAWG!

 

 

 

 

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NOVEMBER 2018 VFOTM

The winner of the November 2018 VFOTM goes to... Undetermined (Tyrannosaurus rex orTriceratops horridus) dinosaur rib - Upper Cretaceous (Hell Creek Formation) - MO.

Congratulations to @Reptilia!

 

 

 

 

NOVEMBER 2018 IPFOTM

The winner of the November 2018 VFOTM goes to... Harpoceras serpentinum ammonite plate -  Lower Jurassic (Lias/Toarcian) - Postbauer-Heng (near Altdorf), Germany.

Congrats to @alsatites!

 

 

 

 

 

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DECEMBER 2018 VFOTM

The winner of the December 2018 VFOTM goes to... Canis dirus (Dire Wolf) tooth - Pleistocene (unidentified offshore unit) - Beach find near Charleston, SC

Congrats to @History Hunter02!

 

 

DECEMBER 2018 IPFOTM

The winner of the December 2018 IPFOTM goes to... Eurypterus remipes eurypterid - Fiddlers Green Formation, Phelps Member, Upper Silurian (~410 mya) - Ilion (Herkimer County), NY.

Congrats to @Al Tahan!

 

 

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2018 VERTEBRATE FOSSIL OF THE YEAR (VFOTY)

 

Palaeotherium magnum Skull and Mandible from the Upper Eocene of Southwest France! Congrats to @caterpillar

 

 

 

 

2018 INVERTEBRATE/PLANT FOSSIL OF THE YEAR (IPFOTY)

 

Eurypterus remipes eurypterid - Fiddlers Green Formation, Phelps Member, Upper Silurian (~410 mya) - Ilion (Herkimer County), NY.

Congrats to @Al Tahan!

 

 

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JANUARY 2019 VERTEBRATE FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (VFOTM)

 

Bison sp. (likely Bison bison) - Pleistocene (2.6-.01 mya) - Collin County, TX, USA

Congrats to @KimTexan!!!

 

 

JANUARY 2019 INVERTEBRATE/PLANT FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (IPFOTM)

 

Manticoceras sp. (goniatite) - Frasnian Matagne Formation, Late Devonian (382-372 mya) - Chimay area, Belgium

Congrats to @Manticocerasman!!!