2022 Invertebrate / Plant Fossil Of The Year Poll!

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Here we are with our 2022 IPFOTY contest entries. These are all 12 of our IPFOTM winners from 2022, listed in the order of the month they won. Carefully review these entries and vote for the one you think deserves the title of 2022 Invertebrate / Plant Fossil Of The Year!

 

Poll closes on the 25th of January just before midnight. You can also vote for the 2022 Vertebrate Fossil Of The Year contest HERE.

 

1. Echinolampas hemisphaerica echinoid - Miocene, Serravallian - Aquitaine, France

 

2. Architarbus rotundatus spider - Pennsylvanian, Francis Creek Shale - Mazon Creek, Grundy County, Illinois

3. Murex spinicosta & Bolinus brandaris gastropods - Pliocene - Southwest France

 

4. Androgynoceras maculatum ammonite - Lower Jurassic (Lower Lias) - Holderness Coast, Mappleton, West Yorkshire, UK

5. Unidentified cidarid echinoid - Santonian age of the late Cretaceous, Dessau Formation - Central Texas

6. Larval Olenellus sp. trilobite - Cambrian, Kinzers Formation - Lancaster, Pennsylvania

7. Ekwanoscutellum ekwanensis trilobite - Silurian, Thornloe Fm - Temiskaming, Ontario, Canada

8. Proscorpius osborni scorpion - Upper Silurian. Bertie Group, Fiddlers Green Formation, Phelps Member - Lang's quarry, Herkimer, New York

9. Diaphorodendron rimosom bark w/ Spirorbis sp. polychaete worms - Pennsylvanian, Francis Creek Shale - Grundy County, Illinois

10. Spider (similar to Aphantomartis) - Carboniferous, Francis Creek Shale (307 Ma) - Pit 3,  Braidwood, Illinois

11. Discoscaphites iris ammonite - Late Cretaceous Period (Late Maastrichtian), Owl Creek Formation - Mississippi

12. Feldmannia wintoni crab carapace - Cretaceous, Upper Albian, Pawpaw Fm - Tarrant County, Texas