2013 Vertebrate Find Of The Year!

[JohnJ]

Every year we have fossils that defy superlative description submitted to the FOTM contests. If you thought voting in those contests was hard, then make sure you have someone close enough to revive you when you consider a choice in this contest. Better still, have a "designated" person without much interest in paleontology nearby...then they may not succumb to the same dilemma you face!

Please review the winners from the past year and cast your vote for the 2013 Vertebrate Find Of The Year! You can vote in the other contest HERE. The Polls will end on January 13th.

1. American mastodon tooth from the Pleistocene of NC, USA

2. Ptychodus decurrens shark tooth from the Cretaceous of Bedfordshire, England

3. Associated Edestus teeth from the Pennsylvanian of Oklahoma, USA

4. 19 mm Cretaceous bird humerus from the Toolebuc Formation of Australia

5. Ptychodus mortoni tooth plate from the Late Cretaceous Smoky Hill Chalk of Kansas

6. Rhabdoderma elegans Coelacanth from the Pennsylvanian of Ohio, USA

7. Clidastes sp. associated mosasaur bones from the Upper Cretaceous Ozan Formation of TX, USA

8. Dipterus valencienessi lungfish from the Devonian age deposits in Caithness (Highland), Scotland

9. Desmostylus sp. mammal skull from the Miocene Astoria Formation of OR, USA

10. Mazonova helmichnus vertebrate egg mass from the Pennsylvanian Mazon Creek deposits of IL, USA

11. Xiphactinus audax fish jaw from the Cretaceous Smoky Hill Chalk of Kansas, USA

12. Platecarpus sp. mosasaur jaw from the Cretaceous Smoky Hill Chalk of Kansas, USA

[Terry Dactyll]

Good luck everyone....

[NSRhunter]

This is going to be hard because they are all good......

[KansasFossilHunter]

This is a very close race! Congratulations to everybody, killer finds this year! Hopefully 2014 will be even better!

[Nandomas]

just 12 entries?

[JohnJ]

just 12 entries?

Be sure to read the linked stories of all these fossils.

[JohnJ]

This is for the 2013 VFOTY! Vote for the fossil you think is the most important, or the coolest, or the most beautiful, or just because it's your favorite!

[Nandomas]

Be sure to read the linked stories of all these fossils.

John, nice to see you around Very difficult choice... I need more time...

[Garfish]

Hmmmm.. Desmostylus hippo or Platecarpus mosasaur.. Tough choices...

[JohnJ]