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The winner of the March 2017 VFOTM contest is... The Mazon Creek Legless Amphibian (Phlegethontia longissima) from the Carbondale Formation of Illinois! Congratulations to @RCFossils!
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This was an incredible month for vertebrates! Check the entries and cast your vote. The poll ends April 6th. Be sure to vote in our other FOTM poll, HERE. 1. Petalodus Chondricthyan Tooth - Mississippian St. Louis Limestone Formation - Cumberland Plateau, USA 2. Mosasaur Angular w/ Predation Marks & Possible Shark Tooth - Cretaceous Ozan Formation - Texas, USA 3. Juvenile Mastodon Tooth - Pleistocene - Charleston, South Carolina 4. Plesiosaur Tooth & Ichthyosaur Paddle Digit - Triassic Westbury Formation - Gloucester, United Kingdom 5. Legless Amphibian (Phlegethontia longissima) - Carboniferous Carbondale Formation - Illinois, USA 6. 3.25" C. hastalis Shark Tooth - Miocene Round Mountain Formation - Sharktooth Hill, California 7. Whale Tooth (Possibly Aulophyseter morricei) - Miocene Round Mountain Formation - Sharktooth Hill, California
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Check the entries below carefully and cast your vote! The poll ends April 6th. Be sure to vote in our other FOTM poll, HERE. 1. Tholifrons minutus Trilobite - Cambrian Frederick Formation - Maryland USA 2. Conularia - Early Mississippian - East Kentucky, USA 3. Thylacocephala Arthropod (Convexicaris mazonensis) - Carboniferous Carbondale Formation - Illinois, USA 4. Pen Shell Bivalve (Possibly Aviculopinna) - Finis Shale Member, Graham Formation - Jacksboro, Texas 5. Neseuretus tristani Trilobites - Ordovician - La Dominelais, Brittany, France
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Alright, the weather should be warming up in many places this month...Get out there and find some fossils to enter in this month's contest! Remember...carefully read the rules below, make sure you include all the required information, and submit your fossil! If you have a question about a possible entry, please send me a PM. Please pay special attention to Rule #5: Before and After Preparation photos must be submitted for Prepped specimens not found during the Month of the Contest. In addition to keeping the contest fair, this new qualification will encourage better documentation of our spectacular past finds. Best of success to all, and good hunting!Entries will be taken through March 31st. Please let us know if you have any questions, and thanks for sharing more of your fossils and research this month.To view the Winning Fossils from past contests visit the Find Of The Month Winner's Gallery. ____________________________________________________________________________________Rules for The Fossil Forum's Vertebrate and Invertebrate/Plant Find of the Month Contests 1. You find a great Vertebrate Fossil or Invertebrate/Plant Fossil! Only fossils found by you. 2. Post your entry in the Find of the Month topic. Use a separate post for each entry. (Only two entries per contest category.) 3. Your Fossil must have been found during the Month of the Contest, or most of the significant Preparation of your Fossil must have been completed during the Month of the Contest. 4. You must include the Date of your Discovery (when found in the contest month); or the Date of Preparation Completion and Discovery date (if not found in the contest month). 5. Before and After Preparation photos must be submitted for prepped specimens not found during the Month of the Contest. 6. You must include the common or scientific name. 7. You must include the Geologic Age or Geologic Formation where the Fossil was found. 8. You must include the State, Province, or region where the Fossil was found. 9. Play fair and honest. No bought fossils. No false claims. Shortly after the end of the Month, separate Polls will be created for the Vertebrate and Invertebrate/Plant Find of the Month. In addition to the fun of a contest, we also want to learn more about the fossils. So, only entries posted with a CLEAR photo and that meet the other guidelines will be placed into the Poll. Photos of the winning specimens may be posted to TFF's Facebook page. Within a few days, we will know the two winning Finds of the Month! Now, go find your fossil, do your research, and make an entry!
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Member of the Month for March 2017 - FossildudeCo
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It's time once again to announce the Forum Member whose outstanding contributions to the Forum will win the right to wear this month's Member of the Month Crown! Drum roll, please..... By unanimous Fossil Forum Staff vote, this month's winner is: ... FossilDudeCo For 3 1/2 years, Blake ( aka. "Sully" )has gifted the Forum with wonderful pictures, and with informative and interesting topics, ... ranging from Fossil News, to Is it Real, to Fossil Preparation, and everywhere in between. Besides his content, Blake is an avid supporter of the Forum, through his participation in Auctions to Benefit the Forum. Whether the role he plays is as Auctioneer, or Bidder, ... Blake is continuously and consistently generous in his offerings. Always polite, welcoming, and helpful, Blake is a credit to the Forum membership, and a worthy member well deserving of this honor. Thank you Blake, ... for your staunch support of this Forum. Congratulations Sir.! @FossilDudeCO : Would you share with us an overview of your fossil journey to the Forum?- 37 replies
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