October 2019 Invertebrate / Plant Fossil Of The Month Poll

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Check the entries below carefully and cast your vote! PM me if you notice any errors with the entries.

 

The poll ends November 9th. Be sure to vote in our other FOTM poll, HERE

 

1. Naticid gastropod (Cochlis sp.), arc clam (Striarca lactea) with naticid drill hole - Langhian, Miocene - Höllerkogel-10, St. Josef, Styria, Austria

 

2. Aviculopecten sp. pectinid bivalve - Mississippian - Henry County, Missouri

 

3.  Montastraea sp. coral - Langhian, Miocene / Weißenegg-formation - Kittenberg, Heimschuh, Sausal, Styria, Austria

 

4. Pseudodechenella sp. trilobite - Amherstburg Fm (Lower Devonian) - London, Ontario, Canada (imported fill, possibly from nearby Ingersoll)

 

5. Oncocerida orthoconic nautiloid - Saluda Formation, Ordovician - St. Leon, Indiana

 

6. Mariopteris muricata seed fern - Westphalian (Upper Carboniferous) - Northern France near Lens   

 

7. Orthoconic nautiloid with exposed siphuncle (likely Endoceras sp.) - Platteville Formation, Ordovician - Grant County, Wisconsin

 

8. Litoricola macrodactylus crab - Lower Thanetian, Paleocene - Southwest France

 

9. Saltwater pearl - Blackheath Member, Thanet Formation, Paleogene -Lesnes Abbey Wood, London

 

10. Ureocrinus bockshii crinoid (and undescibed jellyfish) - Blackhall Limestone, Lower Carboniferous/Mississippian, Visean Substage - Fife, Scotland