digit Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 MARCH 2019 VERTEBRATE FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (VFOTM) A pair of worthy finds that finished in a dead heat!!! Capybara skull - Pleistocene - Brazos River, Texas Congrats to @garyc!!! Lepidotes mantelli fish - Valanginian, Early Cretaceous - Sussex, UK Congrats to @Birdman!!! MARCH 2019 INVERTEBRATE/PLANT FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (IPFOTM) Calamites sp horsetail tree trunk segment - Pennsylvanian - Southeast Oklahoma Congrats to @MSirmon!!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 APRIL 2019 VERTEBRATE FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (VFOTM) Ground sloth claw core (unknown exact species) - Pleistocene - Santander, Colombia Congrats to @cavemanfl!!! APRIL 2019 INVERTEBRATE/PLANT FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (IPFOTM) Nahecaris frankei (phyllocarid) - Emsian (Early Devonian) - Burg-Reuland, Belgium Congratulations to @Manticocerasman!!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 MAY 2019 VERTEBRATE FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (VFOTM) Ptychodus marginalis hybodontiform shark tooth - Cretaceous, Turonian (Eagle Ford South Bosque Member) - Travis County, Texas Congrats to @LSCHNELLE!!! MAY 2019 INVERTEBRATE/PLANT FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (IPFOTM) Triarthrus eatoni trilobite (ventral view with eggs) - Ordovician - Beecher's Beds, Walcott Quarry, near Rome, New York Congratulations to @Scylla!!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 JUNE 2019 VERTEBRATE FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (VFOTM) Pseudemys floridana or P. williamsi turtle with predation marks - Miocene-Holocene, Bone Valley Formation - Peace River, Florida Congratulations to @joshuajbelanger!!! JUNE 2019 INVERTEBRATE/PLANT FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (IPFOTM) Eurypterus remipes eurypterid - Late Silurian, Phelps Member, Bertie Group - Herkimer County, New York Congratulations to @Al Tahan!!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 JULY 2019 VERTEBRATE FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (VFOTM) Articulated ichthyosaur vertebrae with rib, paddle bone and belemnites - Jurassic - Yorkshire Coast, UK Congratulations to @Crann!!! JULY 2019 INVERTEBRATE/PLANT FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (IPFOTM) Unidentified (trigonotarbid?) arachnid - Late Carboniferous (Westphalian D), Osnabrück Fm. - Piesberg quarry near Osnabrück, Germany Congratulations to @paleoflor!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 AUGUST 2019 VERTEBRATE FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (VFOTM) Ichthyosaurus sp. (possibly I. communis) - Jurassic (Hettangian) - circa 190 MYA - Preplanobis Beds, Lavernock Point, UK Congratulations to @Welsh Wizard !!! AUGUST 2019 INVERTEBRATE/PLANT FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (IPFOTM) Asteroceras and Promicroceras ammonites - Jurassic - Lyme Regis, Dorset, England Congratulations to @kameran !!! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 SEPTEMBER 2019 VERTEBRATE FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (VFOTM) Upper and lower peccary jaw section - Miocene, opal bearing bentonite clay layer - Royal Peacock Opal Mine, Humboldt County, Nevada Congratulations to @JBMugu !!! SEPTEMBER 2019 INVERTEBRATE/PLANT FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (IPFOTM) Glyptoxoceras subcompressum(?) heteromorph ammonite - Santonian, Haslam - Mt. Tzuhalem, Vancouver Island, Canada Congratulations to @Wrangellian !!! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 OCTOBER 2019 VERTEBRATE FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (VFOTM) Mammuthus primigenius, woolly mammoth molar - Weichselian, late Pleistocene (40 Ka) - Zandmotor, Netherlands (dredged from North Sea) Congratulations to @Max-fossils !!! OCTOBER 2019 INVERTEBRATE/PLANT FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (IPFOTM) Litoricola macrodactylus crab - Lower Thanetian, Paleocene - Southwest France Congratulations to @caterpillar !!! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 NOVEMBER 2019 VERTEBRATE FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (VFOTM) Small Fish jaw with teeth (unknown species) - Jet Rock or Alum Shale Series, Upper Lias, Jurassic - Whitby, North Yorkshire Coast, England Congratulations to @LiamL !!! NOVEMBER 2019 INVERTEBRATE/PLANT FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (IPFOTM) Devonoblastus whiteavesi blastoid - Widder Fm, Hungry Hollow Member (Middle Devonian) - Arkona, Ontario Congratulations to @Greg.Wood !!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 DECEMBER 2019 VERTEBRATE FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (VFOTM) Palorchestes sp. (azael?) marsupial - Pleistocene - Queensland, Australia Congratulations to @Jesuslover340!!! DECEMBER 2019 INVERTEBRATE/PLANT FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (IPFOTM) Amoeboceras alternoides ammonite and Dicroloma cochleata gastropod - Jurassic, Upper Oxfordian - Bronnitsy, Moscow Oblast, Russia Congratulations to @RuMert!!! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 2019 VERTEBRATE FOSSIL OF THE YEAR (VFOTY) Ichthyosaurus sp. (possibly I. communis) - Jurassic (Hettangian) - circa 190 MYA - Preplanobis Beds, Lavernock Point, UK Congratulations to @Welsh Wizard !!! 2019 INVERTEBRATE/PLANT FOSSIL OF THE YEAR (IPFOTY) Unidentified (trigonotarbid?) arachnid - Late Carboniferous (Westphalian D), Osnabrück Fm. - Piesberg quarry near Osnabrück, Germany Congratulations to @paleoflor!!! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 JANUARY 2020 VERTEBRATE FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (VFOTM) Bird (Species unknown) - Eocene (52 Ma) - American Fossil Quarry, Wyoming Congratulations to @sseth!!! JANUARY 2020 INVERTEBRATE/PLANT FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (IPFOTM) Belotelson magister shrimp - Francis Shale, Middle Pennsylvanian (~307 Ma) - Mazonia South (Pit 11), Illinois Congratulations to @stats!!! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 FEBRUARY 2020 VERTEBRATE FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (VFOTM) Diprotodontid pelvis (likely Zygomaturus trilobus) - Pleistocene - Queensland, Australia Congratulations to @Ash !!! FEBRUARY 2020 INVERTEBRATE/PLANT FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (IPFOTM) Metopaster sp. sea star - Lower Thanetian, Paleocene - Southwest France Congratulations to @caterpillar !!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 MARCH 2020 VERTEBRATE FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (VFOTM) Primate jaw with teeth - Bridgerian, Middle Eocene - Blue Rim, Wyoming Congratulations to @jpc !!! MARCH 2020 INVERTEBRATE/PLANT FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (IPFOTM) Scolecodonts (maxilla/jaws) of polychaetes (Protarabellites or Oenonites & Ramphoprion) - Georgian Bay Fm, Upper Ordovician - Mimico Creek, Toronto, Ontario Congratulations to @Monica !!! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 APRIL 2020 VERTEBRATE FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (VFOTM) Platecarpus mosasaur - Cretaceous, Taylor Group, Ozan Formation - North Sulphur River, Texas Congratulations to @Searcher !!! APRIL 2020 INVERTEBRATE/PLANT FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (IPFOTM) Arbacia improcera echinoid - Pliocene, Yorktown Formation Zone - Craven County, North Carolina Congratulations to @sixgill pete !!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 MAY 2020 VERTEBRATE FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (VFOTM) Triceratops prorsus right dentary - Upper Hell Creek Formation, Upper Cretaceous - Powder River County, Montana Congratulations to @Troodon !!! MAY 2020 INVERTEBRATE/PLANT FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (IPFOTM) Sinosura kelheimense brittlestars - Upper Jurassic - Hienheim Quarry, Germany Congratulations to @David !!! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 JUNE 2020 VERTEBRATE FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (VFOTM) Placoderm fish (Cowralepis mclachlani) - ~385 Ma (Middle Devonian); Merriganowry Shale Member of the Dulladerry Volcanics - Central West NSW, Australia Congratulations to @Paleoworld-101 !!! JUNE 2020 INVERTEBRATE/PLANT FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (IPFOTM) Macroporaster matutinus sea star - Late Ordovician, Salona Formation - Pennsylvania Congratulations to @historianmichael !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 JULY 2020 VERTEBRATE FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (VFOTM) Archaeotherium mortoni entelodont jaw - White River Formation. Eocene/Oligocene - Wyoming Congratulations to @FossilsandScience !!! JULY 2020 INVERTEBRATE/PLANT FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (IPFOTM) Thaleops ovata tilobite - Platteville Formation, Ordovician - Grant County, Wisconsin Congratulations to @minnbuckeye !!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 AUGUST 2020 VERTEBRATE FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (VFOTM) Syllomus aegyptiacus sea turtle - Miocene, Lower Calvert Formation (likely Bed 3b) - King and Queen County, Virginia Congratulations to @sharkdoctor !!! AUGUST 2020 INVERTEBRATE/PLANT FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (IPFOTM) Thresherodiscus ramosus edrioasteroid - Ordovician, Bobcaygeon Formation - Goat Island, Ontario Congratulations to @Kane !!! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 SEPTEMBER 2020 VERTEBRATE FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (VFOTM) Clidastes sp. mosasaur jaw - Late Cretaceous, Ozan formation (Lower Taylor Marl) - NSR, North Texas Congratulations to @Titan !!! SEPTEMBER 2020 INVERTEBRATE/PLANT FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (IPFOTM) Triarthrus eatoni trilobites - Late Ordovician, Lorraine Group, Frankfort Shale - Oneida county, New York Congratulations to @Al Tahan !!! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 OCTOBER 2020 VERTEBRATE FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (VFOTM) Edestus sp. shark jaw with teeth - Pennsylvanian Fort Scott Fm. (Desmoinesian) - Roger County, Oklahoma Congratulations to @Conostichus !!! OCTOBER 2020 INVERTEBRATE/PLANT FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (IPFOTM) Craspedites subditus ammonite - Jurassic, Upper Tithonian (Volgian) - Undory, Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia Congratulations to @RuMert !!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 NOVEMBER 2020 VERTEBRATE FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (VFOTM) Anzu wyliei hand claw (possibly digit I) - Cretaceous (Maastrichtian), Hell Creek Formation - Powder River Co. , Montana Congratulations to @Troodon !!! NOVEMBER 2020 INVERTEBRATE/PLANT FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (IPFOTM) Heterosalenia sp. nov. echinoid (new species currently being described) - Lower Glen Rose Formation, Lower Cretaceous (Albian) - Comal County, Texas Congratulations to @JamieLynn !!! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 DECEMBER 2020 VERTEBRATE FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (VFOTM) Nanosaurus sp. ornithischian jaw - Late Jurassic, Morrison Formation - Natrona County, Wyoming Congratulations to @jpc !!! DECEMBER 2020 INVERTEBRATE/PLANT FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (IPFOTM) Diplocalamites sp. horsetail - Middle Pennsylvanian - New Mexico Congratulations to @Kato !!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 2020 VERTEBRATE FOSSIL OF THE YEAR (VFOTY) Bird (Species unknown) - Eocene (52 Ma) - American Fossil Quarry, Wyoming Congratulations to @sseth!!! 2020 INVERTEBRATE/PLANT FOSSIL OF THE YEAR (IPFOTY) Belotelson magister shrimp - Francis Shale, Middle Pennsylvanian (~307 Ma) - Mazonia South (Pit 11), Illinois Congratulations to @stats!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 JANUARY 2021 VERTEBRATE FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (VFOTM) Megaloolithidae dinosaur egg - Upper Cretaceous, Campanian (74 Ma) - Bouches-du-Rhône, France Congratulations to @Pixpaleosky !!! JANUARY 2021 INVERTEBRATE/PLANT FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (IPFOTM) Acanthotelson stimpsoni shrimp - 307 million years old, Pennsylvanian, Francis Creek Shale Layer (307 Ma) - Mazon Creek, Grundy County, Illinois Congratulations to @flipper559 !!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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