caldigger Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 Still mid 90's F here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 Here is a beautiful example of a large trilobite from the Conasauga Formation, GA with its exoskeleton in place. FOUND: 9-20-18 SPLIT: 9-20-18 NAME: Aphelaspis brachyphasis Trilobite with Exoskeleton. AGE: Middle Cambrian FORMATION: Conasauga LOCATION: Murray County, Georgia 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FranzBernhard Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 21 minutes ago, Nimravis said: Here is a beautiful example of a large trilobite from the Conasauga Formation, GA with its exoskeleton in place. Now we have a difficult voting... It started slowly, but now there are already some really nice entrys. And still 10 days left! Franz Bernhard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted September 21, 2018 Author Share Posted September 21, 2018 In the lazy (and hot and RAINY) Dog Days of summer, it took us a bit to start pulling in entries this month but I'd say that we are picking up steam and this will be another great month of options for the membership to drool over and, eventually, select a winning entry. Thanks again to all of those who choose to share their finds this month in the parade of beauties that is FOTM. Cheers. -Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamL Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 Here is my submision for vertebrate FOTM, it’s a block of ichthyosaur remains that was scavenged before fossilisation so everything is mixed up. There is also shells from the ancient sea floor amongst it. Found 1st Septemeber Whitby Mudstone Formstion Found on the Yorkshire Coast near Whitby Front end, showing various bones and afew teeth. Close up of the teeth Here is the back, showing ribs and on the bottom bit you can see a lower jaw section. 8 Yorkshire Coast Fossil Hunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 On 9/21/2018 at 7:28 AM, LiamL said: Found 1st Septemeber Whitby Mudstone Formstion Found on the Yorkshire Coast near Whitby Front end, showing various bones and afew teeth. Now thats nifty! You get a jumble of everything in there. A double whammy with vert. material and invert items. Liam takes on both categories!!! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamL Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 8 minutes ago, caldigger said: Now thats nifty! You get a jumble of everything in there. A double whammy with vert. material and invert items. Liam takes on both categories!!! Haha this ones for the bone category! Yorkshire Coast Fossil Hunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Amateur Paleontologist Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 @LiamL Wow... very neat set ichthyosaur bones ya got there! I know who I'm votin' for -Christian 1 Opalised fossils are the best: a wonderful mix between paleontology and mineralogy! Q. Where do dinosaurs study? A. At Khaan Academy!... My ResearchGate profile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 1 hour ago, The Amateur Paleontologist said: @LiamL Wow... very neat set ichthyosaur bones ya got there! I know who I'm votin' for -Christian Ain't nobody in a Viking hat started to sing yet. I am sure there will be a lot more entries. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Amateur Paleontologist Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 @caldigger What I meant to say was that if this thread were to close today and the polls were to open tomorrow, then I'd have definitely voted for @LiamL's set of associated ichthyosaur remains. -Christian Opalised fossils are the best: a wonderful mix between paleontology and mineralogy! Q. Where do dinosaurs study? A. At Khaan Academy!... My ResearchGate profile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FranzBernhard Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 6 hours ago, LiamL said: it’s a block of ichthyosaur remains What a beautyfull mess! I love it! Congrats to this find! Franz Bernhard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sagebrush Steve Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 Coming in close to the wire, here is my submission for vertebrate fossil of the month, a nice Knightia alta about 4.25 inches long with what I believe to be a small Knightia eocaena just above it, plus some coprolites below that may or may not be associated with either of these specimens, and a possible fish scale above, found on my trip to American Fossil Quarry earlier this month. Neither of these fish are particularly rare, although Knightia alta is the less common of the two species. It's the total combination of all the elements that make it something I will be happy to display prominently in my display case. The only prep I did was to give it a quick wash under my kitchen sink to remove most of the dust. This also seemed to slightly darken the fossils. Details: DATE FOUND: September 12, 2018 NAME: Knightia alta with Knightia eocaena LOCATION: Kemmerer, WY ROCK UNIT: Sandwich Beds (also known as Split Fish Layer) AGE: Eocene 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FranzBernhard Posted September 23, 2018 Share Posted September 23, 2018 8 hours ago, Sagebrush Steve said: a nice Knightia alta about 4.25 inches long with what I believe to be a small Knightia eocaena just above it Lovely couple, a really pleasing specimen! Congrats! Franz Bernhard 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.N.FossilmanLithuania Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 Hello Guys, My first fossil vertebrate in this month would be fragment of big scale found in Jurassic lagoonal dolomite erratic. It is 3,2 cm length. This is after preparation. Mawsoniidae coelacanth Found 13/09/2018 Middle Jurassic Dauksiai village, Joniskis district (Northern Lithuania) 1st photo- before preparation, 2nd photo- after preparation. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.N.FossilmanLithuania Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 The second vertebrate find is lungfish dental plate in red dolomite erratic. Phaneropleuridae lungfish Found 10/09/2018 Lochkovian (Stoniskiai formation) Dauksiai village, Joniskis district (Northern Lithuania) Waiting for your votes! <3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.N.FossilmanLithuania Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 And now, the invertebrate fossils. The first I would like to show is the rugose coral cavity in dolomite erratic. Zaphrentis Found 15/09/2018 Middle Devonian Dauksiai village, Joniskis district, Northern Lithuania Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.N.FossilmanLithuania Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 And the last fossil, lingulid brachiopod in sandstone erratic with specific and interesting relief features. Lingulida indet. Found 4/09/2018 Early Cambrian Siauliai city, Northern Lithuania 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peat Burns Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 "Plant" entry Taxon: cf. Thalassocystis striata (non-calcareous alga as carbonized compression) Formation: Schoolcraft Period: Middle Silurian (Niagaran Series) Location: Manistique (Schoolcraft County), Michigan Date of Field Collection: Unopened nodules collected on August 25, 2018 Date of discovery and preparation: Opened nodules and minor prep on September 25, 2018 Image: Both halves of a portion of a large (ca. 75 lb) fine-grained dolomitic nodule showing compression of cf. Thalassocystis striata. Scale in mm/cm. Taxonomic and Stratigraphic References: Taggart, R.E. and L.R. Parker. 1976. A new fossil alga from the Silurian of Michigan. American Journal of Botany 63 (10): 1390-1392. Ehlers, G.M. 1973. Stratigraphy of the Niagaran Series of the northern peninsula of Michigan. University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology, Papers on Paleontology No. 3, pp. 1 - 200. LoDuca, S.T., N. Bykova, M. Wu, S. Xiao, and Y Zhao. 2017. Seaweed morphology and ecology during the great animal diversification events of the early Paleozoic: A tale of two floras. Geobiology 15: 588-616. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 @Peat Burns nice entry Tony and I like how you said “Plant Entry”, it would be nice for plants to have their own section rather than including them with Inverts. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peat Burns Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 Invertebrate Entry Taxon: cf. Leperditia sp. ("giant" Ostracod) Formation: Schoolcraft Period: Middle Silurian (Niagaran Series) Location: Manistique (Schoolcraft County), Michigan Date of Field Collection: Unopened nodules collected on August 25, 2018 Date of discovery and preparation: Opened nodule and minor prep on September 25, 2018 Image: Extracted portion of a large (ca. 75 lb) fine-grained dolomitic nodule showing casts of the giant ostracod Leperditia sp. Scale in mm. Taxonomic and Stratigraphic References: Ehlers, G.M. 1973. Stratigraphy of the Niagaran Series of the northern peninsula of Michigan. University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology, Papers on Paleontology No. 3, pp. 1 - 200. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peat Burns Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 5 minutes ago, Nimravis said: @Peat Burns nice entry Tony and I like how you said “Plant Entry”, it would be nice for plants to have their own section rather than including them with Inverts. Thanks, Ralph. I like your entry, too. Beautiful specimen . Yeah, it's kind of apples and oranges, but I bet it's a lot of work for the moderators to separate and compile each months entries. I put "plant" in quotes, because I still don't call algae plants. I start calling things plants at Bryophyta . 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DPS Ammonite Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 I found another silicified coral from the Pennsylvanian Naco Formation from Arizona that surpasses a similar fossil found last month. I acid etched the already partially naturally etched coral revealing both the basal branches and some of the upright corallites. Individual corallites are 2mm in diameter. See the original post: link Found September 16, 2018 Syringopora sp. coral Pennsylvanian Subperiod Naco Formation Northern Gila County, Arizona 9 My goal is to leave no stone or fossil unturned. See my Arizona Paleontology Guide link The best single resource for Arizona paleontology anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeargleSchmeargl Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 Probably a vain attempt, but I'll chime in for the heck of it. Crassostrea gigantissima oyster valve Found: 9/22/18 Formation/Age: Late Eocene Sandersville Limestone, 33 MYO Location: Sandersville, GA, USA And now for photos: I'm not sure if this is true or not, but I've heard this species is Georgia-only. (Verify?) 4 Every single fossil you see is a miracle set in stone, and should be treated as such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FranzBernhard Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 I have also a couple (compare with the fishes above), but only one half counts : Discovered: 09/13/2018 Name: Rudist Hippurites nabresinensis Age and formation: Campanian, St. Bartholomä-formation (Gosau-group) Locality: St. Bartholomä, Styria, Austria Length of specimen is 18 cm, greatest diameter is 7.5 cm. - In-situ in freshly exposed scree, length of rudist is 18 cm. - Apical view with pillars P1 and P2, max. diameter is 7.5 cm. - Lateral view - but only the lower part counts (lenght is 18 cm)! The upper part was already found at 05/20/2018, about 2 m downslope of the second, longer part! Franz Bernhard 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankh8147 Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 For fossil of the Month, I'd like to enter my Cretaceous blister pearl in a Pycnodonte (oyster). We have large oyster beds so I always thought one of these pearls could end up here and spent a good amount of time looking. I must've flipped over 1,000 Pycnodontes before I found this one! The pearl itself measures roughly 3/4 inch (19mm) Discovered : 9/8/18 Age : Cretaceous Name : Blister pearl in Pynodonte Location : Monmouth County New Jersey (USA) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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