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Winner of the 2017 Invertebrate / Plant Find of the Year!

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Here we have the winner of the 2017 invertebrate fossil of the year: @FossilDudeCO's Damselfly from the Eocene Green River Formation of Lincoln County, Wyoming! This fossil represents not just a new species, not just a new genus, but an entirely new family of damselfly. This little beauty managed to get over half of all the votes in a contest with 12 incredible invertebrate fossils.

Congratulations @FossilDudeCO! :yay-smiley-1:

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Congrats Blake ! To add a new family to the science has to be a big enjoyment, a very attractive dragonfly of an exceptional preservation.

 

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A well deserved second major honour on this one, Blake! Bravo on this excellent specimen, and your contribution to palaeontology. :dinothumb:

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The find of a lifetime, although I’m sure you continue find more epic fossils! Congrats Blake!

“...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,

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Way to go, Blake!

 

There were some truly envious fossils in this contest but this one has a great story (and it's a beautiful fossil).

 

 

Cheers.

 

-Ken

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So, so beautiful! 

So, so important! 

So jealous. 

Congratulations, Blake ! ! ! ! :)

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What a surprise! NOT... 

 

Really fantastic find Blake, you definitely deserved the award, especially considering the great addition to science it has brought! :trilosurprise::ighappy:

 

Max

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Congrats Blake, that’s an incredible find:)

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

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Congrats on the fantastic find and win! I don’t remember the last time that I heard of a new Family being discovered in any Phylum! An aesthetically pleasing and very scientifically important find, the best of both worlds.   

 

By the way, on my iPhone the images are stretched but on my laptop they are normal. Is this happening to anyone else? 

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Congratulations, Blake. :)

 

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1 hour ago, Heteromorph said:

By the way, on my iPhone the images are stretched but on my laptop they are normal. Is this happening to anyone else? 

not with me, but that could be that im on an android device

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Congrats Blake! That is a truly drool worthy specimen to find!

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Way to go Blake. That is an amazing fossil.

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