2016 Vertebrate Find Of The Year!

[JohnJ]

It is that time, again...time to look back at the monthly winners in our 2016 contests!  You can exhaust the descriptive terms needed to elaborate on these finds, but we still need to pick a winner.  Opinions are welcome. 

 

(disclaimer:  The Fossil Forum is not responsible for physical or mental maladies that occur while making your decision.  Please consult your own mind, family, friends and strangers if you need assistance making your choice.  )

 

Review these winners and cast your vote for the 2016 Vertebrate Find Of The Year!  You can vote in the other contest HERE.  The Polls will end on January 14th.

 

1.  January 2016 VFOTM - Dracoraptor hanigani associated dinosaur bones from the Jurassic Lower Lias (Hettangian Stage) of South Wales, U.K.

 

 

2.  February 2016 VFOTM - Edmontosaurus annectens Hadrosaur Metatarsal and Caudal Vertebra from the Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Hell Creek Formation of South Dakota, U.S.A.

 

 

3.  March 2016 VFOTM - Partial Probocidean tusk from the Pleistocene deposits of Florida

 

 

4.  April 2016 VFOTM - Cetacean tooth from the Middle Miocene Round Mountain Silt of California, U.S.A.

 

 

5.  May 2016 VFOTM - Diprotodon optatum lower jaw from the Pleistocene deposits near Queensland, Australia

 

 

6.  June 2016 VFOTM - Heliobatus radians stingray from the Eocene Green River Formation of Wyoming, U.S.A.

 

 

7.  July 2016 VFOTM - Unidentified small fish from the Early Eocene (Ypresian) Fur Formation of Denmark

 

 

8.  August 2016 VFOTM - Triceratops horridus ceratopsian dinosaur horn from the Upper Cretaceous Hell Creek Formation of Montana, USA

 

 

9.  September 2016 VFOTM - Allodesmus sp. pinniped canine tooth from the Late Miocene Santa Margarita Formation of California, USA

 

 

10.  October 2016 VFOTM - Associated shark vertebrae from the Upper Cretaceous Eagle Ford Formation of Texas, USA

 

 

11.  November 2016 VFOTM - Stingray barb from the Burdigalian (Miocene) deposit of Portugal

 

 

12.  December 2016 VFOTM - Partial Chiroptera (bat) dentary from the Late Pleistocene of Florida, U.S.A.

 

 

Congratulations to all these winners!

@Welsh Wizard @Troodon @joshuajbelanger @ynot @Ash @sseth @Sylvestersen @Charizard @caldigger @John S. @Vieira @old bones

 

[JohnJ]

So...hard...to...decide....

 

 

[Ptychodus04]

It's a terrible stress that us poor forum members are under...

[JohnJ]

2 more days! 

[LordTrilobite]

While these are all fantastic fossils. I feel it just has to go to the new dinosaur Dracoraptor.

[digit]

Man, there were some stellar find last year! Such great diversity in those drool-worthy fossils.

 

Congrats again to all those who now wear their VFOTM badge proudly.

 

 

Cheers.

 

-Ken