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Winner of the June 2019 Invertebrate/Plant Fossil Of The Month


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Congrats Al Tahan. I never seen one in real !

 

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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...

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@Al Tahan alright so being from Utah I'll confess to have voted for that Olenoides as those are incredibly rare at that size but Eurypterids are also incredibly rare. It's enriching to see at least one member on the forum pulling these ancient arthropods out of the ground. It's a small specimen but has some great features; the eyes, tail, and paddles are all there and that's rare these days. Well deserved win and I look forward to hopefully seeing more of these in your posts.

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Congratulations, Al.  :) 
Great find. 

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Awesome find for sure, Congrats :thumbsu:

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Every once in a great while it's not just a big rock down there!

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1 hour ago, Fossil-Hound said:

@Al Tahan alright so being from Utah I'll confess to have voted for that Olenoides as those are incredibly rare at that size but Eurypterids are also incredibly rare. It's enriching to see at least one member on the forum pulling these ancient arthropods out of the ground. It's a small specimen but has some great features; the eyes, tail, and paddles are all there and that's rare these days. Well deserved win and I look forward to hopefully seeing more of these in your posts.

 

Ditto = what he said!!! and I know nothing Eurypterids.  However, I still appreciate finding a fantastic high quality fossil in rock!  Congrats, 

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Congrats Al! I'm glad your fossil won. I almost didn't enter the Ollenoides because I thought the Eurypterid would win anyway, but it waited 6 years to get into the race (plus the 500+ million in the ground). 

 

 

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11 minutes ago, Scylla said:

Congrats Al! I'm glad your fossil won. I almost didn't enter the Ollenoides because I thought the Eurypterid would win anyway, but it waited 6 years to get into the race (plus the 500+ million in the ground). 

 

 

You found this at U-Dig?! What?! I've hunted for these for years and have yet to find one. Who prepared it? The prep is a masterful.

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Congratulations-Well-Deserved.gif.6a14fdb36cb9ff0bd114724ab3f684ae.gif  Congratulations, Al.   What a wonderful find!!

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Congratulations. I love those. They're so ugly that they're beautiful.

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Congrats on winning with another eurypterid, Al!  You seem to be becoming a specialist :dinothumb:

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Hey @Al Tahan , Great find! (jealous of your proximity to spots where those can be found)

Is that a tail imprint there to the right of the tail, as if the Eury rested in that position momentarily before shifting to the position it was buried in? It seems to reflect the shape of the tail - if not, it's an interesting coincidence.

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@BLT @Natalie81 @Ludwigia @Heteromorph

Thanks guys!!!

 

@Coco They are just stunning in person....so odd in their morphology and taphonomy. It makes you really wonder how they moved, lived and died. 

 

On 7/10/2019 at 11:06 AM, Fossil-Hound said:

@Al Tahan alright so being from Utah I'll confess to have voted for that Olenoides as those are incredibly rare at that size but Eurypterids are also incredibly rare. It's enriching to see at least one member on the forum pulling these ancient arthropods out of the ground. It's a small specimen but has some great features; the eyes, tail, and paddles are all there and that's rare these days. Well deserved win and I look forward to hopefully seeing more of these in your posts.

Thanks!! Ive been going Eurypterid hunting more recently (once every couple months) but I’ve been out hunting as far back as 2011. I’ll admit Gus had an awesome submission as well. I don’t blame you for voting the Olenoides. Since you are from Utah, you can truly appreciate that find! :) 

 

@Shellseeker If you start researching Eurypterids you won’t be able to stop :default_rofl:haha. Very addicting topic with many unanswered questions. 

 

21 hours ago, Scylla said:

Congrats Al! I'm glad your fossil won. I almost didn't enter the Ollenoides because I thought the Eurypterid would win anyway, but it waited 6 years to get into the race (plus the 500+ million in the ground). 

 

 

When I saw your submission I was like “oh man, why did it have to get finished this month” :default_faint: haha. I saw your specimen in person before the prep. He did an really good job. This month was a really good turn out for IFOTM with Kane’s awesome bug. Gus, me and you have gone 1, 2 the past 2 months! Looks like July will be our tie breaker hehe :heartylaugh:.

 

@Pagurus @Mike from North Queensland @Randyw thanks guys! 

 

@Mark Kmiecik Eurypterids: arthropods only a mother would love :) 

 

@Monica thanks for the kind words Monica!! Maybe someday I’ll contribute enough to earn a fraction of the respect that title would deserve....I would call it an obsession lol :default_rofl:. Truthfully there is a lot that needs to be researched still and I hope I can add to orientation data sets that are severely lacking. Finding an in Situ Eurypterid to measure is just impossible sometimes. We all dream....lol

 

9 hours ago, Wrangellian said:

Hey @Al Tahan , Great find! (jealous of your proximity to spots where those can be found)

Is that a tail imprint there to the right of the tail, as if the Eury rested in that position momentarily before shifting to the position it was buried in? It seems to reflect the shape of the tail - if not, it's an interesting coincidence.

I see what you are talking about. It’s actually a coincidental feature of the split in the rock. The dolostones kinda fracture in odd irregular shapes, dishes, etc.

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12 hours ago, Al Tahan said:

 

 

When I saw your submission I was like “oh man, why did it have to get finished this month” :default_faint: haha. I saw your specimen in person before the prep. He did an really good job. This month was a really good turn out for IFOTM with Kane’s awesome bug. Gus, me and you have gone 1, 2 the past 2 months! Looks like July will be our tie breaker hehe :heartylaugh:.

 

Me too, I wish it got done a different month. I really doubt I'll compete in July though. :zzzzscratchchin: unless I start going through my Florissant material and get lucky...

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Congrats, Al!!

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

 

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