JohnJ Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 The Winner of the January 2016 Invertebrate / Plant Find Of The Month is the unknown sea urchin from the Upper Cretaceous (Santonian) Lower Himenoura formation of Kagoshima, Amakusa Japan! Congratulations to David in Japan on his first win in the contest! Thanks for showing us such a delicate echinoid from a rarely seen location. Thank you to all other members that voted and entered into the contest. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcbshark Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 Congrats on a great piece and the win: ) 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...
abyssunder Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 Well deserved! Congrats for the beauty! " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 Congratulations very nice specimen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 Well deserved! John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFOOLEY Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Congratulations! ...that is a great specimen. "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...
ynot Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Absolutely fantastic find!! Congratulations on the win and the find!! Tony Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowpoker Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Congratulations! I hope I will win February's fossil of the month, I've got a surprise up my sleeve... Well I hope I do anyway! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welsh Wizard Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 David. Well done on finding such an interesting specimen and then winning invertebrate fossil of the month. Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masonboro37 Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Awesome specimen! Congrats! Process of identification "mistakes create wisdom". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Congrats David, for this nice japan sea urchin ! Coco ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guguita2104 Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 Congrats on nice urchin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manticocerasman Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Congrats David growing old is mandatory but growing up is optional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old bones Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Congratulations, David. A unique find! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David in Japan Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 I would like to thank you every body for selecting my found as January find of the month and your kind words. I can say that 2016 had well started for me. I am still trying to ID it so if you have any idea concerning the identity of this little one, please let me know. once again thank you very much, David ~~~~~~~~~~~~〇~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Warmest greetings from Kumamoto、 Japan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 I was enamored with this fossil when you first posted it to the FOTM page. Congrats on a great find and inclusion to the FOTM club. Cheers. -Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Nice find deserving the award. Congratulations. Regards, Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilized6s Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Very neat piece. Congrats, sir. ~Charlie~ "There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why.....i dream of things that never were, and ask why not?" ~RFK ->Get your Mosasaur print ->How to spot a fake Trilobite ->How to identify a CONCRETION from a DINOSAUR EGG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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