May 2017 Invertebrate / Plant Find Of The Month

[Cris]

Check the entries below carefully and cast your vote! PM me if you notice any errors with the entries.

The poll ends June 6th. Be sure to vote in our other FOTM poll, HERE.  

 

1. Archaeopteris macilenta Frond -  Late Devonian  - "Red Hill" Pennsylvania

 

2. Collignoniceras Ammonite - Upper Cretaceous Carlile Shale - New Mexico

 

3. Agatized Coral - Oligocene - Withlacoochee River, Georgia

 

4. Dipleura dekayi Trilobite - Middle Devonian Moscow Formation - New York

 

5. Plate of Mississippian Plants - Lower Mississippian - Maryland

 

6. Eteoderoceras obesum Ammonite - Early Jurassic - Charmouth, UK

 

7. Bellacartwrightia whitelyi Trilobite - Middle Devonian Moscow Formation - New York

 

8. Mariopteris Fern Fronds -  Early Pennsylvanian - Central Alabama

 

9. Arthropleura armata Arthropod - Early Pennsylvanian - Central Alabama

 

10. Palaega danicus Isopod - Lower Paleocene - Denmark

 

[Nicholas]

This one is rough! There are a lot of winners here. 

[Grimlock]

I agree. All wonderful finds. Great job everyone!Can't wait to see who takes it

[DevonianDigger]

Some seriously cool stuff here, shame there can be only one!

[FossilDudeCO]

Wow!

What a great month for inverts and plants!

Congrats to EVERYONE!

[Fossil-Hound]

Every one of these fossils are truly exceptional. Great job everyone. The Dipleura that @Darktooth found is really neat and what makes a good fossil is the story behind it. It is to my understanding that he worked very hard to locate the trilobite and his story reminded me of the first meg (last year) and complete Ecphora I found just a few days ago. I'm green with envy at his excellent find and preparation.

 

A fossils worth such as those here and in the VFOTM entries is priceless when it takes countless hours of searching to locate it and then more hours of preparation. I was talking to @DevonianDigger tonight through IM and he said the Bellacarwrightia I found caught the eye of Gerry Kloc who classified over a dozen new trilobite genus in New York and is a coauthor of Trilobites of New York. It's always really neat to see how TFF plays into the scientific community. I know for a fact that our new Collections archive is viewed by members of the scientific community throughout the world and have recently realized just how important it is to record fossils there with attention to accuracy. I really hope you all take the time to submit your fossils under Collections if you haven't done so already.