2015 Vertebrate Find Of The Year!

[JohnJ]

It is time to decide what find will hold the honor as our Members' choice among the other winners this past year! We have learned things from all these discoveries; but let's add a little 'spice' to this 'mix'. 'Sound off' on what you like, or think is significant, about your favorites. Who knows...your remarks might save someone from 'going crazy' trying to decide. (PLEASE refrain from commenting on your Own entry. )

Review these winners and cast your vote for the 2015 Vertebrate Find Of The Year! You can vote in the other contest HERE. The Polls will end on January 12th.

1. January 2015 VFOTM - Hexanchus griseus shark tooth from the Neogene near Antwerp, Belgium

2. February 2015 VFOTM - Megalonyx jeffersonii claw from the Pleistocene of Florida, U.S.A.

3. March 2015 VFOTM - Delphinid cetacean tooth from the Pliocene(?) deposits of North Carolina, U.S.A.

4. April 2015 VFOTM - Diplurus newarki coelacanths from the Late Triassic Lockatong Formation of New Jersey, U.S.A.

5. May 2015 VFOTM - Mammuthus columbi molar from the Pleistocene deposits of Florida, U.S.A.

6. June 2015 VFOTM - Ichthyosaur rostrum from the Jurassic coast of Dorset, U.K.

7. July 2015 VFOTM - Ptyonius marshii amphibian from the Mid-Pennsylvanian Cannel Coal of Ohio, U.S.A.

8. August 2015 VFOTM - Edmontosaurus annectens hadrosaur ischium from the Cretaceous Hell Creek Formation of Montana, U.S.A.

9. September 2015 VFOTM - Elonichthys peltigerus fossil fish from the Upper Carboniferous Francis Creek Shale (Mazon Creek) of Illinois, U.S.A.

10. October 2015 VFOTM - Giant ground sloth claw core from the Brazos River Pleistocene deposits of Texas, U.S.A.

11. November 2015 VFOTM - Petalodus sp. tooth from the Late Pennsylvanian rocks of Texas, U.S.A.

12. December 2015 VFOTM - Polyrhizodus concavus cartilaginous fish tooth from the Upper Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian) Kasimovian stage (Kreviakian substage) near Moscow, Russia

[digit]

What a stupendous cast of candidates! The diversity and quality of these finds shows that TFF members had a busy (and very successful) 2015! I'd be tickled pink to have found any of these wonderful fossils--and I should know because I was tinged rather rouge when I found my entry. Good luck to all the entrants.

Cheers.

-Ken

[ZiggieCie]

WOW!!! All great finds. Good luck to all.

[Auspex]

The good news is that it was a year of GREAT finds; the bad news is that we now have to choose...

[PFOOLEY]

I can hardly imagine the rush of finding any of these would bring.

Edited January 8, 2016 by PFOOLEY

[Mike Pocock]

All excellent specimens thanks for sharing them with us, fossil of the month is one of my favourite threads on the site and I look forward to seeing the finds from around the globe.

I have cast my vote good luck to you all.

Thanks

Regards

Mike

[Terry Dactyll]

That nodular carb fossil fish is awesome....It gets my vote....

[JohnJ]

I really like the 'crawlers' and the 'walkers', but this time, I voted for a 'swimmer'.

[JohnJ]

Tick, tock...it's almost over.

[digit]

Trophies for first, second and third place....

What a great year 2015 was for TFF members. And these are just the tip of the iceberg of all the enviable fossils that have been recovered, prepared as needed, and presented on TFF last year. This forum is an incredible source of knowledge, a visual feast, and a great means of constructing a fossil bucket list. Here's to an even better 2016!

Cheers.

-Ken