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The Winner of the October 2016 Vertebrate Find Of The Month is the associated shark vertebrae from the Upper Cretaceous Eagle Ford Formation of Texas, USA!  Congratulations to John S. on his first win in the contest and an incredibly rare find!   

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Thank you to all other members that participated and voted.  :)

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Congratulations, John!  :yay-smiley-1:   :fistbump:    :1-SlapHands_zpsbb015b76:

Excellent find, worthy of the award. 

Regards,

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Congratulations John S. a very worthy find.

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caldigger Regular Member

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Well deserved John, we want to see the continuation of this excavation. Congrats!

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Thank you everyone. I am very humbled to win this award. Every month it is incredibly competitive. This will motivate me to try and find more of the shark. We are getting lots of rain this week so I'll be returning to the site soon after. :dinothumb::fistbump:

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fossilcrazy Regular Member

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Very good John. You demonstrate there is more to collecting Sharks than just teeth. We all know what a good spine looks like now.

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Congrats on the win, that's an awesome find!:)

Every once in a great while it's not just a big rock down there!

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Congrats John......It is a most incredible shark find I've seen in years.....:faint: 

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JarrodB Regular Member

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Congrats John. You deserved the win no doubt. That's a killer find.

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You deserve this trophy. Congrats, John! :)

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Hi,

 

Congrats John !

 

To find some vertebras of shark isn't so easy, then to find it more than about an hundred and doubtless belonging to the same animal, it is exeptionnal ! Bravo to you and continue to look for them !

 

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Congratulations on your win. That many associated verts is indeed a rare find and worthy recipient of VFOTM.

 

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On 07/11/2016 at 7:22 AM, Ludwigia said:

John, I would just like to articulate my congratulations to you here :)

You would like to "articulate" your congrats? Just like the ARTICULATED string of vertebrae that won the contest! Get it?

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3 hours ago, The Amateur Paleontologist said:

You would like to "articulate" your congrats? Just like the ARTICULATED string of vertebrae that won the contest! Get it?

 

By George, I think he's got it!

 

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What a find! I'd have shivers all down my spine. C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S  !   

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