digit Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 2018 VERTEBRATE FOSSIL OF THE YEAR (VFOTY) Palaeotherium magnum Skull and Mandible from the Upper Eocene of Southwest France! Congrats to @caterpillar 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ancient Bones Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Congratulations! Excellent find! ' Keep calm and carry on fossiling ' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Congratulations! Amazing find Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manticocerasman Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 congrats growing old is mandatory but growing up is optional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebu Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Congrats, great find Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike from North Queensland Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Congratulations on your VFOTY with your spectacular find Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReptileTooth Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Congratulations! "The baneful Dragons, O Seas, are gone: Fiends, 0 Earth, have filled thee with the bones of Defeat and Death." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Amateur Paleontologist Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Congratulations, @caterpillar !!! That's a really neat skull -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...
jcbshark Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Congrats, that’s an absolutely killer piece 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...
Coco Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Congrats Caterpillar ! It is a very nice skull and a wonderful prep ! 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...
old bones Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Congratulations! Incredible fossil!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Congratulations on Best of the Best... and by the way, fantastic prep.. The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caterpillar Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Thank's all. This fossil gave me 3 different pleasures. The 1st when I found it The second when I prepared it The third when I showed it to you 4 http://www.paleotheque.fr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 1 hour ago, caterpillar said: Thank's all. This fossil gave me 3 different pleasures. The 1st when I found it The second when I prepared it The third when I showed it to you Magnificent find! A well deserved win. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max-fossils Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Woohooo! Congrats @caterpillar on this absolutely crazy find, and the incredible prep job you gave it! A well-deserved award, you should be very proud 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...
Paciphacops Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Congrats! "Don't force it, just use a bigger hammer" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanderer Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Beautiful find and prep work. Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Congratulations on the wonderful three! And on winning fossil of the year! 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...
Al Tahan Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 This must have taken a lot of prep time!! It came out so well. Congratulations on your vertebrate fossil of the year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caterpillar Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 I stopped counting the hours (the monthes) of preparation! http://www.paleotheque.fr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts