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Remember...PLEASE carefully read ALL of the rules below, ... make sure you 

include all the required informationIN THE REQUESTED FORMAT

 and submit your fossil! 

If you have a question about a possible entry, please send me a PM. 

Please pay special attention to Rule #5: 

Before and After Preparation photos must be submitted for prepped specimens NOT found during the Month of the Contest.

In addition to keeping the contest fair, this new qualification will encourage better documentation of our spectacular past finds.

Best of success to all, and good hunting!

Entries will be taken until 11:59:59 PM EDT on AUGUST 31, 2018

Any fossil submitted after that time, even if the thread is still open, will be deemed ineligible! 

 

 Please let us know if you have any questions, and thanks for sharing more of your fossils and research this month.

To view the Winning Fossils from past contests visit the Find Of The Month Winner's Gallery.


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Rules for The Fossil Forum's Vertebrate and Invertebrate/Plant Find of the Month Contests

1. You find a great Vertebrate Fossil or Invertebrate/Plant Fossil! Only fossils found by you. NO PURCHASED FOSSILS.
2. Post your entry in the Find of the Month topic. Use a separate post for each entry(Only two entries per contest category.)
3. Your Fossil must have been found during the Month of the Contest,

or Significant Preparation * of your Fossil must have been completed during the Month of the Contest.
4. You must include the Date of your Discovery (when found in the contest month); or the Date of Preparation Completion and Discovery date (if not found in the contest month).
5. Before and After Preparation photos must be submitted for prepped specimens not found during the Month of the Contest.

Please make sure you arrange for photos if someone else is preparing your fossil find and completes the prep requirements in the contest month.
6. You must include the common or scientific name.
7. You must include the Geologic Age or Geologic Formation where the Fossil was found.
8. You must include the State, Province, or region where the Fossil was found.
9. Play fair and honest. No bought fossils. No false claims.

Shortly after the end of the Month, separate Polls will be created for the Vertebrate and Invertebrate/Plant Find of the Month.

 

In addition to the fun of a contest, we also want to learn more about the fossils. 

Tell us more about your fossil, and why you think it is worthy of the honor. 


*******Please use the following format for the required information:*******

 

Date of discovery

Scientific or Common name

Geologic Age or Geologic Formation

State, Province, or Region found

Photos  of find:(if prepped, before and after photos, please.)

Limit - 4 photos, please.

 

Only entries posted with a CLEAR photo and that meet the other guidelines will be placed into the Poll. 

Photos of the winning specimens may be posted to TFF's Facebook page.

Once the Contest Submission period has ended, after all the votes are tallied, and the Polls for both categories are closed, we will know the two winning Finds of the Month for AUGUST 2018 !  

 

 

 

Now, go find your fossil, do your research, and make an entry!

Good luck! :D

 

 

Significant preparation" ( ie: substantial, a revealing and/or repairing of important diagnostic features, resulting in a dramatic change in the look of the fossil. ) The qualification of significant preparation is decided at the discretion of staff. Any doubts as to the eligibility of the entry will be discussed directly with the entrant.

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Here is my first try for FOTM:

 

found on the Isle of wight on 08/08/2018

 

the tooth of an Ornithocheirid pterosaur. ( like caulkicephalus or Coloborhynchus )

early Cretaceous 

Atherfield ( IOW )

 

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@Natalie81 A Wealden ornithocheirid fossil.. that's pretty rare, am I right? ;) Very neat tooth, BTW - congrats on finding it!

Opalised fossils are the best: a wonderful mix between paleontology and mineralogy!

 

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@Natalie81 No problem :) just to know, would you have some specific details regarding the location of where you found the tooth? I'd be interested in prospecting there a bit...

Opalised fossils are the best: a wonderful mix between paleontology and mineralogy!

 

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1 hour ago, The Amateur Paleontologist said:

@Natalie81 No problem :) just to know, would you have some specific details regarding the location of where you found the tooth? I'd be interested in prospecting there a bit...

It was found at Atherfield, Isle of Wight. You can get a lot of information on this site: https://ukfossils.co.uk

 

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I would like to submit my Carboniferous Shark find for the Fossil Forum VFOTM of August 2018.

Date Found: 08/14/2018

Name: Orthacanthus compressus (Shark)

Geological Age/Formation: Upper Pennsylvanian, Upper Freeport #7 Coal

Location: SE Ohio USA, Linton Mine  

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Hi, here is My fossil of the month :

Found in August, the 5th

Melongena lainei

Miocene

Roquefort, department of Landes, France

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Photos taken after preparation

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@fifbrindacier wow! Trop trop beau! :wub: 

 

@Natalie81 @fossilcrazy geez... you two really want to crush all the competition as soon as possible! Those are incredible finds!!! :faint:

Max Derème

 

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3 hours ago, Walt said:

Very nice!

 

3 hours ago, Max-fossils said:

@fifbrindacier wow! Trop trop beau! :wub: 

 

@Natalie81 @fossilcrazy geez... you two really want to crush all the competition as soon as possible! Those are incredible finds!!! :faint:

Thank you both:D

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4 hours ago, Nimravis said:

Gotta love shells.

Of course! :ighappy:

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@fifbrindacier wow that is real nice. I like shells.

 

@fossilcrazy the Carboniferous shark is incredible. What a find.

 

@Natalie81 your tooth is super nice. I keep hearing rumors about cool stuff on the Isle of Wight

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5 hours ago, FossilsAnonymous said:

@fifbrindacier wow that is real nice. I like shells.

 

@fossilcrazy the Carboniferous shark is incredible. What a find.

 

@Natalie81 your tooth is super nice. I keep hearing rumors about cool stuff on the Isle of Wight

@FossilsAnonymous Thank you. First time i visited the island and hopefully not the last time :)

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FOTM entry for best vertebrae VFOTM

 

Recovered: American Fossil Quarry (owned by @sseth and @FossilDudeCO) in Aug 2017

Preparation: Prepared by @Ptychodus04 with prep work completed Aug 2018

Species: Priscacara serrata

Geologic Time Period: Eocene

Formation: Green River

 

Before preparation the fish was found in multiple pieces with some of the fish exposed and the rest buried under sedimentary limestone. Here's a picture of the largest chunk that split off (inverted):

 

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Sent this to Kris in the spring (March) of 2018. After months of slow and careful preparation Kris was able to glue the pieces back together and prepare the fish from the top down. This fish is a true showpiece and will always have a place on my shelf (in other words it's value is priceless and I'll keep it forever):

 

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Another view:

 

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Wow !

I love fishes:P.

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On 8/16/2018 at 11:31 PM, Fossil-Hound said:

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Fantastic find! 

By the way, are those amazing beautiful bivalves I see at the top of the picture? :P Are they from Zeeland (NL)?

Max Derème

 

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4 hours ago, Max-fossils said:

Fantastic find! 

By the way, are those amazing beautiful bivalves I see at the top of the picture? :P Are they from Zeeland (NL)?

Thanks Max and the white bivalves are from Calvert Cliffs, Maryland. Miocene.

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On 8/15/2018 at 12:19 PM, fifbrindacier said:

Hi, here is My fossil of the month :

Found in August, the 5th

Melongena lainei

Miocene

Roquefort, department of Landes, France

Photo before preparation

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Very nice gastro! Whats the exact diameter and whats all the other stuff in the specimen? Its both an impressive gastro and a nice facies specimen!

Franz bernhard

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Marvelous shell Fifi ! I went only one time to Roquefort, at this periode I wasn't interested in shells and I regret not having kept sediment to sort out at home !

 

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My first FOTM. 

 

Date of discovery: August 9, 2018. Found and prepared this month by me. 

Scientific or Common name: Eldredgeops Rana

Geologic Age or Geologic Formation: Middle Devonian

State, Province, or Region found: Hampshire County, West Virginia

Photos  of find: attached, showing size, frontal, in situ, and before preparation. 

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