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Winner of the November 2016 Vertebrate Find Of The Month!

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The Winner of the November 2016 Vertebrate Find Of The Month is the Stingray barb from the Burdigalian (Miocene) deposit of Portugal!  Congratulations to Filipe (Vieira) on his beautifully delicate find and first win in the contest!!!  Woohoo!!!  :yay-smiley-1:

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

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Nice fossil, not usually seen complete like this one!

Congratulations, Filipe!

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Congratulations Filipe. That is truly a one of a kind, find. 

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Congrats on VFOTM Filipe:)that is an awesome find!

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

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Darktooth Regular Member

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Congratulations! That is a great looking piece!

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Thank you all! :D

 

I'am very happy with my first win in this contest...

 

Some nice fossils in this month gave a hard competition.

 

Filipe

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old bones Regular Member

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Congratulations, Filipe! What a beautiful specimen. It is rare to find such a pristine stingray barb. :)

Julianna

 
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3 hours ago, TqB said:

Congratulations, a beautiful specimen!

 

Thank you and congratulations for your victory in invertebrate category :dinothumb:

 

1 hour ago, old bones said:

Congratulations, Filipe! What a beautiful specimen. It is rare to find such a pristine stingray barb. :)

Julianna

 

Thanks Julianna :)

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Coco Regular Member

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Congrats Filipe ! Very nice spine !

 

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That is a very nice one ! Congratulations ! :)

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