December 2022 Vertebrate Fossil Of The Month Poll

[digit]

Check the entries below carefully and cast your vote! PM me if you notice any errors with the entries.

 

The poll ends January 9th. Be sure to vote in our other FOTM poll, HERE

 

1. Canis dirus (Dire Wolf) tooth - Pleistocene, Peace River member of the Hawthorne Fm - Central Florida

 

2. Odontaspis aculeatus shark tooth - Cretaceous, Ozan Fm - Texas

 

3. Carcharoides catticus shark tooth - Oligocene, Chandler Bridge Fm - Summerville, South Carolina

 

4. Penguin (taxon indet.) - Late Miocene, likely Greta Fm - Canterbury, New Zealand

 

5. Pentanogmius evolutus fish vertebrae - Late Cretaceous, Smoky Hill Chalk (Niobrara Fm) - Graham County, Kansas

 

6. Plesiosaur (perhaps polycotylid) vertebrae - Upper Cretaceous, Cenomanian, Eagle Ford Fm - Texas

 

7. Megalonyx cf. jeffersonii sloth molar - Pleistocene, Beaumont Fm - Fort Bend County, Texas

[LiamL]

I feel sorry for anybody who submitted a vertebrate in December  

Some fantastic finds though 

[digit]

Stiff competition indeed but I can honestly say that I'd be overjoyed by any of the vertebrate finds this month and I'd be proud to have any of them as part of my collection. 

 

It makes a great drool-worthy gallery to finish 2022 and at the conclusion of December's contest we have the Fossil Of The Year (FOTY) competition pitting all 12 month's winners against each other for the grand honors of 2022.

 

 

Cheers.

 

-Ken

 

P.S.: Entries are open for January--let's see what you find this month.

[SomethingIsFishy]

This is my first time entering in fotm and I am pretty happy that I am in 3rd place right now. Its also cool to see the fossils everybody else had found this month.

[JohnJ]

4 minutes ago, SomethingIsFishy said:

I am in 3rd place right now

 

You're not...but your fossil may be.  

[SomethingIsFishy]

But I found my fossil so its me and my fossil.

[JohnJ]

1 minute ago, SomethingIsFishy said:

But I found my fossil so its me and my fossil.

The contest where you were the 'find of the month' is not this one.  This is one is just about the fossils...and you're still typing, so you're not one, yet.  

[fifbrindacier]

On 1/2/2023 at 1:24 AM, JohnJ said:

The contest where you were the 'find of the month' is not this one.  This is one is just about the fossils...and you're still typing, so you're not one, yet.