2013 Invertebrate / Plant 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 Invertebrate / Plant Find Of The Year! You can vote in the other contest HERE. The Polls will end on January 13th.

1. Bellacartwrightia calderonae trilobite from the Middle Devonian Moscow Formation of NY, USA

2. Terebratula scillae brachiopod from the Lower Pleistocene of Italy

3. Didontogaster Worm from the mid-Pennsylvanian Mazon Creek of Illinois, USA

4. 7 inch Isotelus maximus trilobite from the Late Ordovician Georgian Bay Formation of Toronto, Canada

5. Microconch Ammonite w/ apophysen from the Middle Jurassic of Switzerland

6. Dolichoharpes trilobite from the Middle Ordovician Verulem Formation of Ontario, Canada

7. Arthropod trace fossil from the Pennsylvanian age deposits near Bridgeport, TX USA

8. Aldebarania arenitea starfish from the Late Cretaceous PeeDee Formation of Pender Co., North Carolina USA

9. Phymotaxis tournoueri echinoid with spines from the Cretaceous Peedee Formation of NC, USA

10. Coeloptychium agaricoides sponge from the Upper Cretaceous (Santonian) of Saratov, Russian Federation

11. Bellacartwrightia whiteleyi and Eldredgeops rana trilobite plate from the Devonian Wanakah Member of New York, USA

12. Clypeaster portentosus sea urchin from the Late Miocene of Crete, Greece

[piranha]

I would like to cast multiple votes, but my favorite fossil from the past year continues to be the giant Isotelus rescued and miraculously prepped by TMNH.

Congrats again to all of these incredible invertebrate fossils of the month for 2013!

[Terry Dactyll]

Good luck everyone....

[Bev]

This IS hard to choose!

[TMNH]

This will be a tight race for sure! :popcorn:Congrats to everyone, absolutely incredible finds last year! Let's hope we're all this lucky again this year .

Edited January 7, 2014 by TMNH

[JohnJ]

What a close contest! It took me quite a while to decide.

[JohnJ]

I knew this wouldn't be easy, but we still need your votes to see which of these winners is the IPFOTY for 2013!

[Olenoides]

Beautiful finds, hoping to enter a some material I find this year into the contest.

[JohnJ]

This one will soon be over...will a new leader emerge in the next several hours?