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2017 Vertebrate Find Of The Year Poll!

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2017 Vertebrate Find Of The Year!  

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    • 1. Allodesmus kernensis mandible with an upper incisor and a cetacean vertebra - Middle Miocene Round Mountain Silt - California, USA
      5
    • 2. Partial Porpoise/Dolphin Skeleton - Miocene Calvert Formation - Central Virginia, USA
      8
    • 3. Legless Amphibian (Phlegethontia longissima) - Carbondale Formation - Illinois, USA
      10
    • 4. Diplurus newarki Coelacanth - Late Triassic Lockatong Formation - North Bergen, New Jersey, USA
      12
    • 5. Sloth Claw and Associated Phalanx - Pleistocene - Southwest Florida, USA
      1
    • 6. Oreodont and Possible Daphoenus - Eocene-Oligocene White River Formation - Lusk, Wyoming, USA
      16
    • 7. Pachyrhizodus marathonensis Fish - Cretaceous Toolebuc Formation - Queensland, Australia
      2
    • 8. Associated Ichthyosaur Bones - Lower Jurassic - Kromer Quarry, Germany
      7
    • 9. Didelphodon sp. Left Dentary - Late Cretaceous Hell Creek Formation - Butte County, South Dakota, USA
      10
    • 10. Hesperotestudo (Giant Tortoise) Foot and Associated Osteoderms - Pleistocene - Sarasota County, Florida, USA
      22
    • 11. Crocodile (Pallimnarchus pollens) Jaw - Plio-Pleistocene - Australia
      9
    • 12. Poebrotherium Camel Jaw - Oligocene White River Formation - Chadron, Nebraska, USA
      4

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Here we are with our 2017 VFOTY contest entries. These are all 12 of our month's vertebrate winners, listed in order from the month they won. Carefully review the options and vote for the entry you think deserves to win the title of the 2017 Vertebrate Fossil of the Year!

Poll closes on the 26th of January. You can also vote on the 2017 Invertebrate / Plant Fossil of the Year contest HERE.

1. Allodesmus kernensis mandible with an upper incisor and a cetacean vertebra - Middle Miocene Round Mountain Silt - California, USA

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2. Partial Porpoise/Dolphin Skeleton - Miocene Calvert Formation - Central Virginia, USA
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3. Legless Amphibian (Phlegethontia longissima) - Carbondale Formation - Illinois, USA
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4. Diplurus newarki Coelacanth - Late Triassic Lockatong Formation - North Bergen, New Jersey, USA
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5. Sloth Claw and Associated Phalanx - Pleistocene - Southwest Florida, USA
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6. Oreodont and Possible Daphoenus - Eocene-Oligocene White River Formation - Lusk, Wyoming, USA
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7. Pachyrhizodus marathonensis Fish - Cretaceous Toolebuc Formation - Queensland, Australia
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8. Associated Ichthyosaur Bones - Lower Jurassic - Kromer Quarry, Germany
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9. Didelphodon sp. Left Dentary - Late Cretaceous Hell Creek Formation - Butte County, South Dakota, USA
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10. Hesperotestudo (Giant Tortoise) Foot and Associated Osteoderms - Pleistocene - Sarasota County, Florida, USA

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11. Crocodile (Pallimnarchus pollens) Jaw - Plio-Pleistocene - Australia

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12. Poebrotherium Camel Jaw - Oligocene White River Formation - Chadron, Nebraska, USA

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Pics are a bit distorted, anyone else or just me?

 

"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."

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No i don't think they were. Weird.

"Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe" - Saint Augustine

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Gosh, so hard to choose....

“...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin

Happy hunting,

Mason

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I think the distortion is caused by all the drool on the screen.  Very difficult to pick just one.  Good luck to you all!

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Oh I don't know! It's so hard!

Every single fossil you see is a miracle set in stone, and should be treated as such.

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11 hours ago, Ash said:

Pics are a bit distorted, anyone else or just me?

 

Thanks for the heads up. They're fixed now.

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6 hours ago, caldigger said:

I think the distortion is caused by all the drool on the screen.  Very difficult to pick just one.  Good luck to you all!

 

Got a rag, that seems to have fixed it! Thanks!

 

 

and Thanks Cris.

"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."

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You can tell the decisions are difficult. No one item has a huge proportionate lead. They are all spectacular!

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Yup. 2017 was a really great year (for some outstanding fossils, anyway). All worthy candidates that I'd be proud to have found myself. There can be only one FOTY winner (in each of the two categories) but congrats to all of the FOTM winners who are now in the running for FOTY. We drooled over your wins each month and you all contributed to a really great gallery of finds for 2017. We've got some really active members out there finding some fabulous items and you should all be proud.

 

Cheers.

 

-Ken

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10 hours ago, digit said:

Yup. 2017 was a really great year (for some outstanding fossils, anyway). All worthy candidates that I'd be proud to have found myself. There can be only one FOTY winner (in each of the two categories) but congrats to all of the FOTM winners who are now in the running for FOTY. We drooled over your wins each month and you all contributed to a really great gallery of finds for 2017. We've got some really active members out there finding some fabulous items and you should all be proud.

 

Cheers.

 

-Ken

 

Yeah.. I got one that'll be going in an attempt for FOTM, just still needs to be prepped (waiting on a friend to be free to do it)

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"Those who can not see past their own nose deserve our pity more than anything else."

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This is one tough decision. 

Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt
behind the trailer, my desert
Them red clay piles are heaven on earth
I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt

Patterson Hood; Drive-By Truckers

 

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1 hour ago, Nimravis said:

Some great finds- hard to choose.

That's an understatment if I've ever heard one.

 

Congrats again to all the entries regardless of the FOTM winner as they are all extremely envious finds.

 

Cheers.

 

-Ken

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Outstanding collection. 

Can't we have more than one vote next year?

12 for instance. :ank:

Life's Good!

Tortoise Friend.

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5 minutes ago, FossilDAWG said:

This is just ridiculous! How can anyone pick just one?

 

Don

A blindfold and a hesitant click;):P

“...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin

Happy hunting,

Mason

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1 minute ago, FossilDAWG said:

That's better than throwing a dart and seeing where it sticks.

 

Don

That’s why I use my phone instead of my computer for the forum now, too many arrow stuck in it from the past few FOTM contests.

“...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin

Happy hunting,

Mason

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