JohnJ Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 Whether you are splitting rock, popping nodules, hiking waterways, or searching virgin matrix...find something AWESOME this month! 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 February 29th. 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. (Only two entries per contest category.)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...
kkborch Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 I know this may not have a chance with a lot the amazing fossils found and posted here, but for me this is as good as it gets! The preservation on this tooth is amazing and the serrations are as sharp as they come. Found February 4th, 2016. Carcharocles angustidens Chandler Bridge Formation Oligocene Summerville, South Carolina 1 15/16" Palmetto Paleontology Society Fossil Club Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Whoa! That's a gem quality tooth. Thanks for the in situ photo--it fires my imagination and makes me feel like I can pluck it from the photo myself (and quickly tuck it into my pocket ). You never can tell what competition you'll be up against in this contest but people should always submit excellent quality finds like this whether they feel like they have a lock on winning or not. This gives us a place on the forum to admire a pageant of beauties that we'd all love to have in our collections. Good luck--great tooth. -Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 (edited) Like to submit my matrix plate containing a Metatarsal and Caudal Vertebra of the Hadrosaur Edmontosaurus annectens. Found September 20 and received this month from my preparer in South Dakota. Metatarsal is 13" across and the specimens are not associated Post of the dig http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/57914-my-dinosaur-dig-trip-part-1/ Hell Creek Formation Cretaceous - Maastrichtian Harding County, South Dakota Pre-Prep Picture Edited February 13, 2016 by Troodon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koss1959 Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 That is beautiful Troodon! Gonna be a hard one to beat.I would like to enter my Apoderoceras. Found it 29th September 2015 and received it back from prep today (13th February). The ammonite is just over five inches at its widest.Lower Pliensbachian, Charmouth. 182.7-190.8 million years old.Before prep: After prep: Etsy shop for Dinosaur Art: https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/IzzyBeeCreates?ref=seller-platform-mcnav Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 Wow that's a beautiful ammonite, good luckw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old bones Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 Oh my, it's going to be that kind of month! Lovely finds already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFOOLEY Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 (edited) ... I would like to enter my Apoderoceras. Found it 29th September 2015 and received it back from prep today (13th February). The ammonite is just over five inches at its widest. Lower Pliensbachian, Charmouth. 182.7-190.8 million years old. Before prep: Koss1959 A.jpg Koss1959 B.jpg After prep: Koss1959 C.jpg Koss1959 D.jpg [profanity]! Edit: Edited February 16, 2016 by PFOOLEY "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...
amour 25 Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 (edited) Like to submit my matrix plate containing a Metatarsal and Caudal Vertebra of the Hadrosaur Edmontosaurus annectens. Found September 20 and received this month from my preparer in South Dakota. Metatarsal is 13" across and the specimens are not associated Post of the dig http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/57914-my-dinosaur-dig-trip-part-1/ Hell Creek Formation Cretaceous - Maastrichtian Harding County, South Dakota FrankFranVert&MetOnMatrix-2-1.jpg Met:Vert#2.jpg Met:Vert#4.jpg Met:Vert#1.jpg Pre-Prep Picture post-10935-0-45020000-1443397761.jpg post-10935-0-07179800-1443397776.jpg post-10935-0-33212600-1443397764.jpg Holy Moly that is sweet. Did you find that? Hard to get out to collect stuff like that is it not? Next year retired and I want to look for stuff like that. I think somebody has some real deep pockets or one killer job. Like a nuclear scientist, neurosurgeon, microbiologist. Edited February 16, 2016 by amour 25 Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted February 17, 2016 Author Share Posted February 17, 2016 Holy Moly that is sweet. Did you find that? .... A personal find is one of the contest criteria. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JarrodB Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 Tylosaurus Cervical Vertebrae Location - North Sulphur River Texas Upper Cretaceous Ozan Formation - Texas, U.S.A. Found 2/15/16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 Looks like this is going to be another great month for FOTM finds. Can't wait to see what else turns up. Cheers. -Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 I would like to submit for Your consideration this humble little tooth -- an upper 3rd or 4th premolar of the early seal-like walrus Neotherium mirum. I found it on February 13, 2016 at the slow curve excavation of Ernst Quarries. Neotherium mirum. Round mountain silt (Sharktooth Hill) middle Miocene (15.5 mya) Bakersfield, Kern county, California. Scale is in millimeters. Thank You, 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...
digit Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Way cool--you've broken new ground (so to speak) with this find. Makes three days of digging kinda worth it when you find something special like this. Cheers. -Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 All I can say about this month is :drool: :envy: :faint: Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesuslover340 Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 (edited) This stands no chance with Troodon's entry...and really doesn't compare to any here entered Ah, well-from the humble state of Oklahoma: Captorhinid limb bone (likely Protocaptorhinus pricei) Permian Waurika, Oklahoma Found February 20th, 2016 In-situ Edited February 22, 2016 by Jesuslover340 "Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another."-Romans 14:19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesuslover340 Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 (edited) Again, from humble background: Dimetrodon claw Permian Waurika, Oklahoma Found February 20th, 2016 Edited February 22, 2016 by Jesuslover340 "Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another."-Romans 14:19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JarrodB Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 The limb bone and claw are both very cool. This stands no chance with Troodon's entry...and really doesn't compare to any here entered Ah, well-from the humble state of Oklahoma:Captorhinid limb bone (likely Protocaptorhinus pricei)PermianWaurika, OklahomaFound February 20th, 201620160222_134931~2-1.jpgIn-situ20160220_142033-1-1.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Ah, dimetrodon! A name everyone knows! I used to have toy ones as a kid! Cool finds, JL340! "Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe" - Saint Augustine"Those who can not see past their own nose deserve our pity more than anything else." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manticocerasman Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 (edited) here is my entry for this month: found sunday 21 february 2016. Phillipsia ornata belgica early carboniferous: Tournaisian Soignies (Belgium) Edited February 29, 2016 by JohnJ (contest photo uploaded to TFF) 1 growing old is mandatory but growing up is optional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesuslover340 Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 Lovely trilobite, Kev! "Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another."-Romans 14:19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elcoincoin Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 (edited) Hi there, I will enter a trilobite i found on friday so there s a bit more competition amongst the invertebrates Neseuretus tristani Ordovician Landeilian (-460 MA) La Dominelais - Bretagne - France Found on 26 february 2016 / prep finished on 28 feb 2016 Size: 7 cm X 7cm Edited wrongly Ided the bug Edited February 29, 2016 by elcoincoin (contest photos uploaded to TFF) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belemniten Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Very difficult choice ! Some great trilobites here Many greetings from Germany ! Have a great time with many fossils Regards Sebastian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indagator Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 I had the same idea as elcoincoin Hoploscaphites pungens late cretaceous - Maastrichtiaan Aachen, Germany found on 8 february 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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