February 2014 Invertebrate / Plant Find Of The Month

[JohnJ]

From the rare to the twisted, you are going to have fun deciding this contest! Please show your support for the best find this month! The poll ends March 6th. Be sure to vote in our other FOTM poll HERE.

1. Torynomma quadrata crab - Cretaceous - Queensland Australia

2. Cystiphyllum conifollis coral - Middle Devonian Windom Shale - NY, USA

3. Pentremites sp. blastoid with feeding arms (brachioles) - Mississippian - AL, USA

4. Lepidostrobus sp. cones - Carboniferous (Westphalian) - Northern France

5. Crinoid - Silurian aged Waldron Shale - IN, USA

[Seneca20]

GOOO TWISTY!

[erose]

Argh! hard call. It's a toss up between the Pentremites with feeding rams which is the kind of small and detailed specimen which I love so much and that Waldron crinoid with the bizzaro stem which is the kind of thing that makes echinoderms so fascinating. Yall just have to guess who I vote for.