2021 Vertebrate Fossil Of The Year Poll!

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Here we are with our 2021 VFOTY contest entries. These are all 12 of our VFOTM winners from 2021, listed in the order of the month they won. Carefully review these entries and vote for the one you think deserves the title of 2021 Vertebrate Fossil Of The Year!

 

Poll closes on the 27th of January just before midnight. You can also vote for the 2021 Invertebrate / Plant Fossil Of The Year contest HERE.

 

1. Megaloolithidae dinosaur egg - Upper Cretaceous, Campanian (74 Ma) - Bouches-du-Rhône, France

 

2. Cincosaurus cobbi trackways  - Carboniferous Period, Pottsville Formation (358.9-288.9 Ma) - Central Alabama 

 

3. Cretodus sp. shark tooth - Late Cretaceous, Eagle Ford Group - Denton County, Texas

 

4. Peripristis semicircularis shark tooth - LaSalle Limestone (Late Pennsylvanian) - LaSalle Co., Illinois

 

5. Daspletosaurus sp. tyrannosaurid tooth - Late Cretaceous, Dinosaur Park FM - Steveville Area, Alberta, Canada 

 

6. Turrisaspis sp. dorsal median plate - Upper Devonian, Catskill Formation - Pennsylvania

 

7. Aspidichthys cf. placoderm armor - Late Devonian (Frasnian) Neuville Fm - Chimay, Belgium

 

8. Tyrannosaurus rex tooth - Late Cretaceous - Alberta, Canada

 

9.  Protohadros byrdi dentary tooth - Woodbine Formation, Cretaceous - Denton County, Texas 

10.          Aepycamelus sp. camel jaw - Middle Miocene, Clarendonian, Truckee River Fm. - Nevada

11.  Basal Mosasaur - Cretaceous (Turonian), Eagle Ford Formation - Central Texas

12. Multituberculate (cf. Meniscoessus sp.) incisor - Cretaceous, Campanian, Aguja Fm, (~82-77 Ma) - Brewster County, Texas

[Randyw]

Wow! Some really difficult choices there. They all look great!