Cris Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 Taking nearly 70% of the contest's votes, our winner for the Vertebrate Find of the Month for July goes to the Baby Xiphactinus Fish Jaw from the Late Cretaceous Niobrara Formation of KS, USA! Congratulations to NiobraraFossilHunter for his second VFOTM win in a row! Found- July 10th, 2012 Scientific name- Xiphactinus audax Common name- (Baby) giant fish!! Late Cretaceous, Niobrara Formation, Smoky Hill Chalk, Western Kansas, Gove county Length of jaw- 4cm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ailsa Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 Well done! It had my vote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astron Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 Amazing find!!! Congratulations Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xiphactinus Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 Congrats! That's a big find. Wait. I mean small find. I mean....cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mzkleen Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 Congrats on the honor!! I voted for this one too. Outstanding fossil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullsnake Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 Cool find! Congratulations! Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trilobiteruss Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 Yes congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CH4ShotCaller Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 Congrats on the win and such a nice find! Attaboy to all participants. Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new. -Albert Einstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pleecan Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 Congratulations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMNH Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 Congrats, I really like that liitle jaw!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Dactyll Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 Love it... Congratulations.... Cheers Steve... And Welcome if your a New Member... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 Congrats ! It is and incredible fossil ! 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...
Jyonts12 Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 Outstanding finds, congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossils4U Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 You had my vote. Amazing find. . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 Congratulations. Just wanted to add, I think your jaw is really sharp... Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KansasFossilHunter Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 Thanks everybody! Happy Hunting -Kris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nandomas Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 Great great fossil Congratulation! Erosion... will be my epitaph! http://www.paleonature.org/ https://fossilnews.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crinoid Queen Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 That is an amazing jaw! Congrats on a well deserved win! -CQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erose Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 Pretty gosh darn nice! Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masonboro37 Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Congrats! Awesome! Process of identification "mistakes create wisdom". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chele Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 That is awesome..congratulations! Chelebele Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Fantastic find! Congrats : ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quest2k12 Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 That is amazing. Awesome find! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KansasFossilHunter Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 Thanks everybody! Yesterday I made a return trip to the site and found a vertebrae from the same fish! Its about the size of the eraser on a pencil! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-rex17 Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 Some people have all the luck!!! Congratulations on the find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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