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I'll give it a spin with a haul from today!

 

Date: 7/26/18

Name: Hardouinia bassleri echinoid

Formation/Age: Tombigbee Sand Member, Late Cretaceous (Early Campanian). ~83 MYO

Location: Montgomery, Alabama

 

As found:

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Bottom:

 

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

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On 7/25/2018 at 3:42 PM, WhodamanHD said:

Your doing better then me! So many fossils, only one vote...

Technically 2, as there's 2 categories.

 

But that also means 2 difficult choices instead of one. Agh!

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

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6 hours ago, MeargleSchmeargl said:

Technically 2, as there's 2 categories.

 

But that also means 2 difficult choices instead of one. Agh!

That's OK...I have two different colored darts to choose with.

 

Oddly enough, one of the choices looks surprisingly like a little dartboard. :P

 

 

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9 hours ago, MeargleSchmeargl said:

Technically 2, as there's 2 categories.

 

But that also means 2 difficult choices instead of one. Agh!

TWO!?!:faint:

:D

“...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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While I’m pretty sure I can’t compete with a few of the earlier fossils I still feel that the rarity of this little guy is worth a shot. It’s a fully rooted xiphactinus tooth that I found July 22nd in the Blufftown formation (Campanian) of Alabama. I’ve searched a pretty good bit and have yet to find a similar piece online (not associated with the jaw) that still has the full root.

Found 7-22-18

Russell co. Alabama 

Blufftown formation (Campanian)

Xiphactinus audax

1-5/8” long, 5/16” wide. 

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:faint:

I can’t remember a month since I’ve joined that’s been this packed with such amazing fossils. 

“...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 thought I’d throw in my little three ribbed Ecphora into the ring.  

Found: July 8th, 2018

Prep completes:  July 17, 2018

Ecphora (tricosta?)

Early-Mid Miocene, Choptank FM

Matoaka Beach, Calvert county, Maryland, USA 

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“...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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Hope putting in a second entry is ok.  If anyone is able to help with scientific name I would appreciate it :)  This is by far one of my favourite finds from HH.  It was a surface find and I’m surprised that no one scooped it up sooner.  Gave it a nice wash and it looks crystallized. 

 

Date of discovery: July 28, 2018

Scientific or Common name: Favosites 

Geologic Age or Geologic Formation: Devonian

State, Province, or Region found: Arkona, Ontario / Hungry Hollow south quarry 

 

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46 minutes ago, VTinNorthAB said:

Hope putting in a second entry is ok.  

 

2 entries per category. :D

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

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Hi all,

 

My entry of the month:

 

Date of discovery: July 28, 2018

Scientific or Common name: unindentified leaf

Geologic Age or Geologic Formation: Maastrichtiaan, Upper Cretaceous

State, Province, or Region found: ENCI, Maastricht, Netherlands

 

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6 hours ago, MeargleSchmeargl said:

2 entries per category. :D

I need 3-  I pulled the trigger to fast on the inverts and now I found a very large Mazon Creek insect wing.

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You can withdraw one of your submissions if you think the insect wing is better.  I'd really like to see the wing.

 

Don

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Here's yet another invertebrate entry for this month!

 

Date of discovery: Wednesday, July 18, 2018

Scientific or Common name: Rusophycus (resting place of a Flexicalymene trilobite) with well-defined ridges

Geologic Age or Geologic Formation: Upper Ordovician, Georgian Bay Formation

State,Province, or Region found: Etobicoke Creek, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Photo #1: entire piece of rock containing specimen

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Photo #2: close-up of specimen

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Thanks for looking and best of luck to all!

 

Monica

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Way too many choices this month.

Time to consult the crystal ball.

 

 

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Here's my first ever entry for vertebrate fossil of the month.... 

 

Date of discovery: Wednesday, July 18, 2018

Scientific or Common name:  Dakotaraptor steini 

Geologic Age or Geologic Formation: Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) , Lance Formation

State,Province, or Region found: Near Newcastle, Wyoming, USA

Photo #1:  Finding the tooth in the field.

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The final hours approach. The month will come to a close. Who shall be victorious? Find out in the next nail-biting episode of dartboard games (I mean FOTM)! :D

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

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25 minutes ago, PaleoNoel said:

Here's my first ever entry for vertebrate fossil of the month.... 

 

Date of discovery: Wednesday, July 18, 2018

Scientific or Common name:  Dakotaraptor steini 

Geologic Age or Geologic Formation: Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) , Lance Formation

State,Province, or Region found: Near Newcastle, Wyoming, USA

Photo #1:  Finding the tooth in the field.

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Do you have any sharp, clear images you can add?  

;) 

The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true.  -  JJ

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Here's my entry. My first ever Parotodus from Florida, measuring just under 2¾ inches with matrix still attached. They are extremely uncommon to find around here.

Date of discovery: Friday, July 27th

Scientific or Common name: Parotodus benedenii

Geologic Age or Geologic Formation: Unknown formation, Plio-Plestocene

State, Province, or Region found: Florida, USA

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Gee thanks guys, as if the choices weren't hard enough! You have to go toss in a few great last minute entries.

Got my blindfold laundered and pressed as well as a sharp point on the darts. Just waiting for the voting thread.

 

I wonder if my phone's screen protector is dart proof! :headscratch:

 

 

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1 hour ago, caldigger said:

Gee thanks guys, as if the choices weren't hard enough! You have to go toss in a few great last minute entries.

Got my blindfold laundered and pressed as well as a sharp point on the darts. Just waiting for the voting thread.

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