digit Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 REMINDER: PLEASE carefully read ALL of the rules below. Make sure you include all the required information, IN THE REQUESTED FORMAT (below) when you submit your fossil! If you have a question about a possible entry, please send me (or any staff) a PM. Please pay special attention to Rule #5: Before and After Preparation Photos must be submitted for prepped specimens NOT found during the Month of the Contest. In addition to keeping the contest fair, this new qualification will encourage better documentation of our spectacular past finds. Entries will be taken until 11:59:00 PM EDT on JANUARY 31, 2023 Any fossil submitted after that time, even if the topic is still open, will be deemed ineligible! Only entries posted with CLEAR photos and that meet the other guidelines will be placed into the Poll. Photos of the winning specimens may be posted to TFF's Facebook page. Please let us know if you have any questions, and thanks for sharing more of your fossils and research this month. Shortly after the end of the Month, separate Polls will be created for the Vertebrate and Invertebrate/Plant Find of the Month. In addition to the fun of a contest, we also want to learn more about the fossils. Tell us more about your fossil, and why you think it is worthy of the honor. To view the Winning Fossils from past contests visit the Find Of The Month Winner's Gallery. Now, go find your fossil, do your research, and make an entry! Best of success to all, and good hunting! *********************************** Rules for The Fossil Forum's Vertebrate and Invertebrate/Plant Find of the Month Contests Find a great Vertebrate Fossil or Invertebrate/Plant Fossil! Only fossils found personally by you are allowed. NO PURCHASED FOSSILS. Post your entry in the Find of the Month topic. Use a separate post for each entry. (Only two entries per member per contest category.) Your fossil must have been found during the Month of the Contest, or Significant Preparation * of your fossil must have been completed during the Month of the Contest. You must include the Date of Discovery (when found in the contest month); or the Date of Preparation Completion and Date of Discovery (if not found in the contest month). Before and After Preparation photos must be submitted for prepped specimens not found during the Month of the Contest. Please make sure you arrange for photos if someone else is preparing your fossil find and completes the MAJORITY of prep in the contest month. You must include the Common and/or Scientific Name. You must include the Geologic Age or Geologic Formation where the fossil was found. You must include the State, Province, or region where the fossil was found. You must include CLEAR, cropped, well-lit images (maximum 4 images). If you are proud enough of your fossil to submit it for FOTM, spend some time to take good photos to show off your fossil. Play fair and honest. No bought fossils. No false claims. * Significant Preparation = Substantial work to reveal and/or repair important diagnostic features, resulting in a dramatic change in the look of the fossil. The qualification of Significant Preparation is decided at the discretion of staff. Any doubts as to the eligibility of the entry will be discussed directly with the entrant. PLEASE READ AND UNDERSTAND THE RULES BEFORE YOU POST!!! IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, PLEASE CONTACT A MOD OR ADMIN. ENTRIES NOT FOLLOWING THE REQUESTED FORMAT WILL BE ELIMINATED FROM THE CONTEST!! ******* Please use the following format for the required information: ******* • Date of Discovery (month, day, year) • Scientific and/or Common Name • Geologic Age or Geologic Formation • State, Province, or Region Found • Photos of Find (Please limit to 4 clear, cropped, and well-lit images.) (If prepped, before and after photos are required, please.) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C2fossils Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 (edited) 1/1/2024 Bison partial horn core/skull pleistocene Kaw River Kansas Edited January 4 by C2fossils Thanks for pointing that out @digit 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted January 4 Author Share Posted January 4 59 minutes ago, C2fossils said: 1/1/2024 Bison partial horn core/skull permian Kaw River Kansas There's something new I don't remember seeing in the FOTM contest before. You might have Permian exposures where this fossil was found but bison first arrived in the new world from Asia during the Early Pleistocene. Cheers. -Ken 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 17 minutes ago, digit said: There's something new I don't remember seeing in the FOTM contest before. Indeed. I'm pretty sure a Permian bison would win the month, though. 4 3 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C2fossils Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 1 hour ago, digit said: There's something new I don't remember seeing in the FOTM contest before. You might have Permian exposures where this fossil was found but bison first arrived in the new world from Asia during the Early Pleistocene. Cheers. -Ken 1 hour ago, Tidgy's Dad said: Indeed. I'm pretty sure a Permian bison would win the month, though. Yeah 😆, I just mixed them up. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opuntia Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 Decapods are quite uncommon in the Rio Puerco. This was an exciting start to the New Year. (Scale in centimeters) Date of Discovery: Jan.1,2024 Scientific name: Hoploparia sp. Geologic Age or formation: Upper Cretaceous/Middle Turonian. Found in the Semilla sandstone member of the Mancos Shale. State, Province, or Region Found: New Mexico, USA 1 23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFOOLEY Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 Invertebrate Discovered: January 1st, 2024 Tragodesmoceras carlilense Ammonite Upper Cretaceous (Turonian) Carlile Shale Sandoval County, New Mexico (USA) 15 "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...
trilobites_are_awesome Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 That's one big Ammonite! 2 Cheers! James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikrogeophagus Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 Date of Discovery: 1/26/24 Scientific name: Polyacrodus aff. brevicostatus, Hybodontiformes Geologic Age or formation: Lower Glen Rose Fm, Early Albian State, Province, or Region Found: Canyon Lake, TX Looks like the contest is running low on entries, so here's my favorite tooth of the month: A super rare Polyacrodus from the lower Glen Rose. It's my oldest Cretaceous shark tooth and my first from this formation. I found it in a couple of pieces, but some b72 made for a quick repair. I believe it is likely P. brevicostatus instead of P. parvidens because it is low crowned, has more than 2 pairs of lateral cusplets, and has labial nodes present on all cusps/cusplets. I'll admit it's hard to be super confident in an ID as most papers are pretty old/inaccessible. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifbrindacier Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 Only four entries, but great ones ! "On ne voit bien que par le coeur, l'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux." (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry) "We only well see with the heart, the essential is invisible for the eyes." In memory of Doren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonickmonx Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 Date of Discovery: March 12th, 2023; Preparation Completion Date: January 26th, 2024 Scientific name: Snapper Braincase Geologic Age or formation: Early Oligocene Ashley formation State, Province, or Region Found: Ridgeville, SC USA I found this braincase on my first trip to a new spot. At the time, I had no idea how important it was nor did I have the means to prepare it. Finally, I had the tools and confidence to prep it so I busted my butt this month to get it prepped. I have been in conversation with a paleoichthyologist during my time working on it, along with multiple local paleontologists. It has been narrowed down to the family Lutjanidae (snappers) but would need to be studied in depth to assign a genus/species to it. It is exceedingly likely it is a new species and it is also, to my knowledge, the most complete fish braincase in the state's history. It also contains multiple spines, a section of scales in living position, an exposed tooth, an intact vertebra and undoubtedly even more scientifically valuable elements inside the block waiting to be discovered when I can get it CT scanned. This specimen will likely be donated to the SC state museum in the coming months, and is by far the best and most scientifically valuable fossil I have collected so far. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaybot Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 Amazing find @Sonickmonx!!! Please make an update thread in the future if you ever find out if it's a new species. Great prep work as well! -Jay “The earth doesn't need new continents, but new men.” ― Jules Verne, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasperfossils Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 what an amazing find @Sonickmonx! i also had a very good find this month, sadly my compressor needs to be fixed, so i can't prep it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C2fossils Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Last day of the competition folks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian James Maguire Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Discovered 1st of January 2024 spirifreid brachiopod exposed brachia lower Carboniferous malahide formation dublin ireland 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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