Cris Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 The winner of the 2017 vertebrate fossil of the year goes to... @jcbshark's incredible Giant Tortoise (Hesperotestudo) Foot and Associated Osteoderms from the Pleistocene of Sarasota County, Florida! This was a hard fought contest with a lot of incredible fossils, but this emerged the clear winner after well over 100 members cast their votes. Congratulations @jcbshark! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 Nice win @jcbshark - Congrats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 Congrats jcbshark ! It was to be funny to recompose the foot Coco ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 I knew it from the start. Congratulations! Now I would just love to shake hands with that Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caterpillar Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 Congratulations. Nice find http://www.paleotheque.fr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ropterus Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 Congratulations!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 Congratulations! I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minnbuckeye Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 Well deserved !!! Was pulling for you. Hope I get a chance to see it when we get to Florida. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 Amazing and deserving find! Congrats! “...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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinosaurus Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 it's an amazing find! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 Congrats on the amazing find and win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 Nice find and well deserved win! Congratulations! Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old bones Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 Yes, Yes, Yes! Congratulations Jeff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 Congrats, Jeff! I guess it helped to have a leg up on the competition. You'll remember this find for years to come. Cheers. -Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 Marvelous! Tidgy is beside herself with joy! Tortoises rock! A wonderful find and congratulations on the win! Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcoSr Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 Congratulations Jeff. Well deserved. Marco Sr, "Any day that you can fossil hunt is a great day." My family fossil website Some Of My Shark, Ray, Fish And Other Micros My Extant Shark Jaw Collection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max-fossils Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 Congrats Jeff on this phenomenal find and well-deserved award! Max Max Derème "I feel an echo of the lightning each time I find a fossil. [...] That is why I am a hunter: to feel that bolt of lightning every day." - Mary Anning >< Remarkable Creatures, Tracy Chevalier Instagram: @world_of_fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcbshark Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 On 1/27/2018 at 12:39 AM, Nimravis said: Nice win @jcbshark - Congrats On 1/27/2018 at 2:35 AM, Coco said: Congrats jcbshark ! It was to be funny to recompose the foot Coco On 1/27/2018 at 4:31 AM, caterpillar said: Congratulations. Nice find On 1/27/2018 at 4:57 AM, Ropterus said: Congratulations!!! On 1/27/2018 at 7:51 AM, Darktooth said: Congratulations! On 1/27/2018 at 7:56 AM, minnbuckeye said: Well deserved !!! Was pulling for you. Hope I get a chance to see it when we get to Florida. Mike On 1/27/2018 at 8:39 AM, WhodamanHD said: Amazing and deserving find! Congrats! On 1/27/2018 at 9:11 AM, Spinosaurus said: it's an amazing find! 23 hours ago, oldtimer said: Congrats on the amazing find and win. 23 hours ago, ynot said: Nice find and well deserved win! Congratulations! 23 hours ago, old bones said: Yes, Yes, Yes! Congratulations Jeff! 23 hours ago, digit said: Congrats, Jeff! I guess it helped to have a leg up on the competition. You'll remember this find for years to come. Cheers. -Ken 20 hours ago, Tidgy's Dad said: Marvelous! Tidgy is beside herself with joy! Tortoises rock! A wonderful find and congratulations on the win! 17 hours ago, MarcoSr said: Congratulations Jeff. Well deserved. Marco Sr, 49 minutes ago, Max-fossils said: Congrats Jeff on this phenomenal find and well-deserved award! Max Thank you all On the congratulations. I’m ecstatic to have won this tough race for FOTY with so many awesome finds. I was truly shocked that it did so well in October’s contest being that turtle in general is a pretty common find here and in other place as well but other than some pieces of shell that would fit together I haven’t come across any other articulated pieces of them here. As a matter of fact this is only the 4 th example I’ve found here that I would say definitely goes to one animal. Thanks again to everyone who participated, it’s truly an honor 1 Every once in a great while it's not just a big rock down there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heteromorph Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 Congrats on the amazing find and great articulation! That must have been one huge turtle! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ancient Bones Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 Jeff Congratulations on a truly great find and assembly ! ' Keep calm and carry on fossiling ' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFOOLEY Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 Superb find! Congratulations on this impressive fossil and award...so cool! "I am glad I shall never be young without wild country to be young in. Of what avail are forty freedoms without a blank spot on the map?" ~Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcbshark Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 On 1/28/2018 at 10:27 AM, Heteromorph said: Congrats on the amazing find and great articulation! That must have been one huge turtle! On 1/28/2018 at 6:23 PM, Ancient Bones said: Jeff Congratulations on a truly great find and assembly ! 10 hours ago, PFOOLEY said: Superb find! Congratulations on this impressive fossil and award...so cool! Thank you all as well Every once in a great while it's not just a big rock down there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macrophyseter Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 Congrats Jeff! That find was amazing! If you're a fossil nut from Palos Verdes, San Pedro, Redondo Beach, or Torrance, feel free to shoot me a PM! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 Awesome Jeff. What an amazing find. The variety of what you find in your little part of Florida never ceases to amaze me. 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 May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcbshark Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 23 hours ago, Macrophyseter said: Congrats Jeff! That find was amazing! 9 hours ago, sixgill pete said: Awesome Jeff. What an amazing find. The variety of what you find in your little part of Florida never ceases to amaze me. Thank you folks as well Every once in a great while it's not just a big rock down there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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