JohnJ Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 This month the weather should start to warm up for members in the northern hemisphere. Let's hope that gives you the chance to make your best discovery in March! Carefully read the rules below, make sure you include all the required information, and submit your fantastic finds! Please remember that we recently introduced another qualification to the current rules. Make a note of 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 luck 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 Contests1. 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.3. Your Fossil must have been found during the Month of the Contest, or significant Preparation of your Fossil must have been completed during the Month of the Contest.4. You must include the Date of your Discovery or the Date of Preparation Completion. 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. 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.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! The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caterpillar Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 Find in February but just finish to prep. Palaeotherium magnum from eocene of southwest France. 310mm http://www.paleotheque.fr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 Nice job on the prep, looks tricky! Still amazed what can be found just by splitting a rock. How long is that jaw? "Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe" - Saint Augustine"Those who can not see past their own nose deserve our pity more than anything else." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordTrilobite Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 That's really nice. Olof Moleman AKA Lord Trilobite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caterpillar Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 310mm http://www.paleotheque.fr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcbshark Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 I would like to submit my fresh out of the creek find.Vertebrate,Pleistocene baby Mammoth tooth found on 3/9 1 Every once in a great while it's not just a big rock down there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koss1959 Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 My Plesiosaur Vertebrae. Jurassic, found on Charmouth beach under the Black Ven among the shingle yesterday (11th March 2014). No prep needed. Etsy shop for Dinosaur Art: https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/IzzyBeeCreates?ref=seller-platform-mcnav Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted March 13, 2014 Author Share Posted March 13, 2014 Congrats on your find Koss1959. Could you please provide more focused photos of your find? 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. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilized6s Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 Can we post fossils that we have found at ANY TIME? Or is it just fossils that were found in the said month? I've always been unclear on this. ~Charlie~ "There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why.....i dream of things that never were, and ask why not?" ~RFK ->Get your Mosasaur print ->How to spot a fake Trilobite ->How to identify a CONCRETION from a DINOSAUR EGG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted March 13, 2014 Author Share Posted March 13, 2014 Can we post fossils that we have found at ANY TIME? Or is it just fossils that were found in the said month? I've always been unclear on this. "3. Your Fossil must have been found during the Month of the Contest, or significant Preparation of your Fossil must have been completed during the Month of the Contest." "5. Before and After Preparation photos must be submitted for Prepped specimens not found during the Month of the Contest." The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MakoMeCrazy Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 My first cookie cutter shark tooth (Isistius brasiliensis). Saturday, March 8th Miocene FL matrix send from jcbshark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcbshark Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 My first cookie cutter shark tooth (Isistius brasiliensis). Saturday, March 8th Miocene FL matrix send from jcbshark. Congrats Brian, what a great tooth.It's amazing that any make it to be found in perfect shape! I hope there's some other treasures for you in there as well Every once in a great while it's not just a big rock down there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koss1959 Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 More pictures of the vert. It's hard to photograph. Etsy shop for Dinosaur Art: https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/IzzyBeeCreates?ref=seller-platform-mcnav Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted March 15, 2014 Author Share Posted March 15, 2014 More pictures of the vert. It's hard to photograph. Much better...thanks. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huskeriowa Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 Well this looks fun even for an unrefined rock picker upper like myself.... rugose coral. Des Moines River in central Iowa. Pennsylvanian for the most part. March 10th find on the river bank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squalicorax Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Isotelus gigas Waynesville Formation Late Ordovician Southeastern Indiana Collected Friday March 14th Prep Completed March 17th Im sorry the images would not attach even with chrome and firefox or the basic uploader. My Flickr Page of My Collection: http://www.flickr.com/photos/79424101@N00/sets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Search4 Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 How do we peasants vote? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted March 19, 2014 Author Share Posted March 19, 2014 At the end of the month, I'll set up a Poll where all us peasants can vote. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeD Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 So, I finally found something cool that I could put in this contest that doesn't need a lot of prep and wasn't found on the last day of the month and that I had the time to enter before I got home a few days after the time limit. Woohoo! Petalodus sp. tooth. Found March 15, 2014. No prep other than a little water. Pennsylvanian, Harpersville Formation at the top of the Pennsylvanian on the edge of the Permian, Pueblo Formation. All part of the Cisco Group. Coleman County, Texas. A few more pics here. http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/45014-brownwood-petalodus/page-2#entry488645 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanNREMTP Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 (edited) My conularia that I found at Lake Jacksboro, Texas. Edited March 21, 2014 by RyanNREMTP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 Find in February but just finish to prep. Palaeotherium magnum from eocene of southwest France. 310mm tres jolie, caterpillar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masonboro37 Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 (edited) This is my entry for March. I found this whale tooth on March 14, 2014 at a quarry in Coastal North Carolina, USA. The area which the tooth was found has the Castle Hayne Formation, Eocene deposits. The tooth is not perfect by far, the tip is broken. However, finding this particular species of whale was and still is exciting for me. The Zygorhiza kochii is an extinct genus of basilosaurid whale of the Eocene epoch. Early whale 38-34 mya. The whale was like our modern cetaceans, but had rudimentary hind limbs. The adult whale could grow to about 7,400 pounds. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Cetacea Suborder: Archaeoceti Family: Basilosauridae Subfamily: Dorudontinae Genus: Zygorhiza (True 1908) Species: Z. kochii The tooth is a canine tooth. Not sure if it is maxillary or mandibular. Libby Edited March 22, 2014 by masonboro37 Process of identification "mistakes create wisdom". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TyrannosaurusRex Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foshunter Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Nice find Libby---Tom Grow Old Kicking And Screaming !!"Don't Tread On Me" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey P Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 My conularia that I found at Lake Jacksboro, Texas. Excellent find!!! I'd love to see a conularid win the FTOM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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