digit Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 The winner of the March 2023 IPFOTM goes to... Metacoceras sp. nautilitoid cephalopod - Late Pennsylvanian, Kasimovian, Conemaugh Group, Glenshaw Fm - Armstrong County, Pennsylvania Congratulations to @cngodles !!! 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Cole Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 Congratulations on an amazing preparation! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meganeura Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 Congratulations @cngodles! What a beautiful fossil! 1 Fossils? I dig it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fin Lover Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 Congratulations @cngodles! 1 Fin Lover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 Congratulations excellent find. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cngodles Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 I won with a Metacoceras! I’ve managed to lose this contest a few times over the past couple of years. There are many fascinating invertebrate fossils entered into the monthly poll. I didn’t think I had a chance against trilobites, and I am fortunate nobody entered a Paleozoic insect. Winning with this specimen—Metacoceras—is surprising, but after reviewing my collection, it is the best example of one I’ve collected in four years. The steinkern shows the camerae well, and you can see a large body chamber—often underestimated in ratio to the phragmocone in fossils. Local marine limestone can develop a rind, a soft calcite-leached zone. It leaves these very detailed steinkern and shell impressions. But, one soft blow from a three-pound sledgehammer would reduce this fossil to a brown circle. Preparation of the fossils is challenging because you can quickly destroy them. I have avoided naming a species because Metacoceras is a known garbage taxon. An author probably erected a new species for every node shape or size variation, camera shape, and other feature. Kummel (1953) reported on the American Triassic coiled nautiloids but gave a wealth of information about the Carboniferous and Permian genera. His inferred phylogeny chart indicates where Metacoceras sits compared to others in the Tainoceratidae. I also find the species Metacoceras clinocostatum locally; they are relatively small and have similar ventrolateral shoulder nodes, but the nodes continue and traverse as ridges across the flank. That concludes my information on Metacoceras; I’m so happy I finally won. References Hyatt, A., 1883, Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History V. 22, Genera of Fossil Cephalopods, Boston Society of Natural History, pp. 268–269 Kummel, B., 1953, American Triassic Coiled Nautiloids, In Professional Paper. US Geological Survey, pp. 1–104 6 3 Fossils of Parks Township - Research | Catalog | How-to Make High-Contrast Photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilhunter21 Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 Congratulations, @cngodles! That is a very nice find! Cheers and Shalom, -Micah 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 Congratulations, Sir! 1 The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClearLake Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 Very nice! And I appreciate the little write up from you on the specimen and its name, thanks! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey P Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 An excellent, well preserved and prepared specimen. Congratulations. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jared C Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 congrats! well deserved 1 “Not only is the universe stranger than we think, it is stranger than we can think” -Werner Heisenberg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFOOLEY Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 Congratulations! I am happy you finally won!!! That is a pretty darn sweet specimen! 1 "I am glad I shall never be young without wild country to be young in. Of what avail are forty freedoms without a blank spot on the map?" ~Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 Excellent find, excellent prep, well-deserved win! Congratulations! Don 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ancient Bones Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 Great find and prepared so well !! 1 ' Keep calm and carry on fossiling ' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandpa Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 Congratulations! What a great prep! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 Congrats, nice prep. Coco 1 ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collector9658 Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 Nice job! Congratulations 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike from North Queensland Posted April 11, 2023 Share Posted April 11, 2023 Congratulations nice specimen and prep 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old bones Posted April 11, 2023 Share Posted April 11, 2023 Congratulations, @cngodles! Lovely fossil and beautiful prep. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 Absolutely beautiful specimen and so well prepped. Congratulations. 1 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilNerd Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 Congratulations on the find, prep, and subsequent win! 1 The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it. -Neil deGrasse Tyson Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don't. -Bill Nye (The Science Guy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleoPastels Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 Absolutely amazing prep work! It’s like you gave it a “second life” bringing out its best to the world. Congrats! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cngodles Posted April 15, 2023 Share Posted April 15, 2023 On 4/14/2023 at 10:13 AM, PaleoPastels said: amazing prep work I'd say the same for your entry. It gave me a run for first place. I've never found a sea urchin. Fossils of Parks Township - Research | Catalog | How-to Make High-Contrast Photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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