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Winner of the October 2023 Invertebrate/Plant Fossil of the Month

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The winner of the October 2023 IPFOTM goes to...

 

Mecochirus magna lobster - Cretaceous (Aptian), bed 17 Atherfield Formation - Atherfield Point, Isle of Wight, UK

Congratulations to @Notidanodon !!!

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Tidgy's Dad Regular Member

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Happy days spent hunting these myself, and glad to have maybe helped a little with the ID.

But that's a beautiful monster!

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Life's Good!

Tortoise Friend.

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The fossil itself, as well as the great prep job is very impressive- grats!

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-Jay

 

 

 

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-Journey to the Center of the Earth, Jules Verne

 

 

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Wonderful find. Congrats! 

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Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don't. -Bill Nye (The Science Guy)

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Congrats for this nice fossil an for the great prep.

 

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Notidanodon Regular Member

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Thanks guys :yay-smiley-1: thrilled that I won! I’ve been trying for years!

23 hours ago, Tidgy's Dad said:

Happy days spent hunting these myself, and glad to have maybe helped a little with the ID.

But that's a beautiful monster!

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Yes they are very fun to find!  This one is from a different bed though so fairly different preservation and nodule type! Thanks for your help

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pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon Regular Member

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Congrats, Will! Very well deserved on this awesome find! :JustCuz_clapping:

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'There's nothing like millions of years of really frustrating trial and error to give a species moral fibre and, in some cases, backbone' -- Terry Pratchett

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