JohnJ Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 Last month was full of 'off the chart' superior finds! This month could be the month that you see in the rocks, gravel, or matrix that 'eye popping', 'jaw dropping' fossil...yeah, you know that look. Carefully read the rules below, make sure you include all the required information, and submit your fossil!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. Best of luck to all and good hunting!Entries will be taken through October 31st. Please let us know if you have any questions, and thanks for sharing more of your fossils and research this month.To view the Winning Fossils from past contests visit the Find Of The Month Winner's Gallery.____________________________________________________________________________________Rules for The Fossil Forum's Vertebrate and Invertebrate/Plant Find of the Month Contests1. You find a great Vertebrate Fossil or Invertebrate/Plant Fossil! Only fossils found by you.2. Post your entry in the Find of the Month topic. Use a separate post for each entry.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 your Discovery or the Date of Preparation Completion.5. Before and After Preparation photos must be submitted for Prepped specimens not found during the Month of the Contest.6. You must include the common 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. Play fair and honest. No bought fossils. No false claims.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. So, only entries posted with a CLEAR photo and that meet the other guidelines will be placed into the Poll.Within a few days, we will know the two winning Finds of the Month! Now, go find your fossil, do your research, and make an entry! The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 SPECIMEN: 4.5" c.megalodon tooth That is one sweet tooth! -Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcbshark Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 That is one SWEET Meg, congrats!!!!!!! Every once in a great while it's not just a big rock down there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrieder79 Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 Thank guys. It's by far my nicest tooth. Luck is the most important skill of a fossil diver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrieder79 Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 SPECIMEN: 4.5" c.megalodon tooth LOCATION: Miocene sediment of Georgia DATE OF DISCOVERY: October 3rd Luck is the most important skill of a fossil diver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belemniten Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 (edited) This fossil is my personal best this month Specimen: Pleuroceras sp. Location: Buttenheim/Germany Age: Lower Jurassic I found it on my birthday (10.October) Edited October 13, 2015 by belemniten Many greetings from Germany ! Have a great time with many fossils Regards Sebastian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belemniten Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 (edited) The ammonite is 4.3 cm big Edited October 13, 2015 by belemniten Many greetings from Germany ! Have a great time with many fossils Regards Sebastian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFOOLEY Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 This fossil is my personal best this month Specimen: Pleuroceras sp. Location: Buttenheim/Germany Age: Lower Jurassic I found it on my birthday (10.October) 20150919_175026.jpg Very nice ammonite...looks like you had a happy birthday. "I am glad I shall never be young without wild country to be young in. Of what avail are forty freedoms without a blank spot on the map?" ~Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belemniten Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 (edited) Oh yes i had a very nice birthday :-D thanks :-) Edited October 14, 2015 by belemniten Many greetings from Germany ! Have a great time with many fossils Regards Sebastian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otodusobliquus Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 My entry is a Nebrius sp. nurse shark tooth I found 10-9-15 in the Martin Marietta Belgrade quarry. Several formations are exposed in the quarry(River bend, Belgrade, and some lag layers), because of this I can't say for sure the age or formation this tooth came from, though my guess is the late Oligicene Belgrade formation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 Lovely Nurse Shark tooth. I've found a few from the Peace River but hope to discover some nicely colored ones in the micro-matrix I just collected from Rattlesnake Creek in Gainesville, FL. I really am surprised how uncommon these teeth are given that they are probably the most common sharks seen by divers and snorkelers in Florida. Cheers. -Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sseth Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 Thought I would throw this one in the ring. I completely lucked out this month and found one of the best preserved shrimp to ever come out of the Green River formation. This little guy is preserved right down to its eyeballs. I found him on October 10th and finished preparing him last night. I am down to just stabilizing him now, which will bring out the color a bit better as well but thought I would share. I prepped him completely by hand using only a blade and magnification. Bechieja rostrata Feldman et al. 1981 Fossil Lake Member Green River Formation Eocene _____________________________________ Seth www.fossilshack.com www.americanfossil.com www.fishdig.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeepTimeIsotopes Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 That is one nice shrimp! Each dot is 50,000,000 years: Hadean............Archean..............................Proterozoic.......................................Phanerozoic........... Paleo......Meso....Ceno.. Ꞓ.OSD.C.P.Tr.J.K..Pg.NgQ< You are here Doesn't time just fly by? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triceratops Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 Cool find Seth! -Lyall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZiggieCie Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 Great fossil and a great prep job, well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam.morris08 Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 Here is my entry for the month Found a couple of months ago and prepped over the last couple of days.It's a woodstone full of promicroceras ammonites from lyme Regis.200myoRoughly 70 ammonites I forgot to take a pic at the very beginning, but this is as close as I have Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyc Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 (edited) Here's my entry for October: I found this October 9, 2015 on the Brazos River, Fort Bend County, TX Pleistocene gravel. A giant ground sloth claw core, most likely megalonyx jeffersonii. It measures just over 14cm long. Edited October 22, 2015 by garyc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam.morris08 Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 Thank you whoever sorted out the photos, I never get it right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted October 22, 2015 Author Share Posted October 22, 2015 Thank you whoever sorted out the photos, I never get it right No problem, Adam. You can find some tips in the FAQs. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belemniten Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 (edited) That a great find adam.awesome fossil Edited October 22, 2015 by belemniten Many greetings from Germany ! Have a great time with many fossils Regards Sebastian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFOOLEY Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 Here is my entry for the month Just ridiculous. 1 "I am glad I shall never be young without wild country to be young in. Of what avail are forty freedoms without a blank spot on the map?" ~Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted October 23, 2015 Share Posted October 23, 2015 So it's going to be one of those months again. How to choose? Eene meene miney mo.... Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 I guess throwing a dart at the computer screen isn't a good idea either. Lots of great finds people, very envious here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike from North Queensland Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 As its Halloween I will throw this pathologic little fellow in Found: 10-10-15 in matrix brought home Specimen: Belemnite dimitobelus Sp (pathologic specimen) Location: Toolebuc formation Age: cretaceous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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