digit Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 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 MARCH 31, 2024 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. Pre-Prep Photos need to be dated with the start of the month date, and then finished prep date must be supplied. Entries not including this information/photos will be disqualified. 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: ******* Information about your find. A short paragraph or sentence or two about why it should be fossil of the month. Rarity, completeness, beauty, etc. • Date of Discovery [month, day, year] • Preparation Completion Date (if prepped) [month, day, year] • Scientific and/or Common Name • Geologic Formation and/or Geologic Age • 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 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brevicollis Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 Here ! I think I've got something : A nice looking piece of petrified pine wood. The structures on it are very good preserved and its quite rare to find a beautiful specimen of it here in northern Germany. Date of discovery : March 4, 2024 Scientific name : Pinus succinifera, or just petrified wood Age : 40 million years old Geologic formation : "Holsteinische Schweiz" Location : Schleswig Holstein, northern Germany 7 Are good signatures really that important ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian James Maguire Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 Date of discovery: February 28 2024 Start date for prep: February 28, Finish date for prep: March 6th. Name: Coiled Nautiloid and Spirifreid Brachiopod Geologic formation: Malahide Formation Location: Malahide, Dublin, Ireland. 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark57 Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 That makes a beautiful display piece. Love the two specimens in such close proximity. For anyone who was wondering, the Malahide Formation is lower Carboniferous (Mississippian to us Americans) in age. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian James Maguire Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 5 hours ago, shark57 said: That makes a beautiful display piece. Love the two specimens in such close proximity. For anyone who was wondering, the Malahide Formation is lower Carboniferous (Mississippian to us Americans) in age. Thank you so much shark57 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifbrindacier Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 I'm very happy because that's the first time i find one of that size. The scale is in cm Date of discovery: 3/10/2024 Name: Coniferid undeterminated (Fossil wood) Geologic formation\Age: Tithonian Location: Chassiron on the isle of Oleron, France 9 "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...
johnnyvaldez7.jv Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 (edited) I am very proud of this beautiful Mammoth bone that I found this month. I love the preservation, the color, but more importantly... how complete it is. I usually find beat up and heavily worn fossils... but this is a superb specimen, I think, and my submission this month. Date of discovery: Sunday, March 10, 2024 Scientific name: Mammuthus columbi (Columbian Mammoth) Specimen: Left unciform Geological Formation/Age: Beaumont Formation - Pleistocene Location found: Southeast Texas Edited March 14 by johnnyvaldez7.jv 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDiggs Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 8 hours ago, johnnyvaldez7.jv said: Scientific name: Mammuthus primigenius (Wooly Mammoth) Specimen: Left unciform Spectacular find! Perhaps I'm wrong, but my understanding is the distribution of woolly mammoth doesn't include Texas. Mammuthus columbi would be a more likely ID in my opinion. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woolly_mammoth#/media/File:Woolly_Mammoth_Late_Pleistocene_Dymaxion_Biogeographic_Distribution.png 2 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyvaldez7.jv Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 @CDiggs Yes you are right! I followed along with a 3d image but you are correct. They were more northern where it wasn't as hot as down here... which is why the Columbian Mammoth was less hairy... but much larger which is still cool. Thanks! Glad you like it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aman Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 One of my bucket list finds and the best thing I found on a recent trip to Dorset. True natural artistry, even if it isn't huge. Date of discovery: 03/17/2024 Scientific name: Pentacrinites fossilis Geological Formation/Age: Black Ven Marl/Lower Jurassic (Sinemurian stage) Location: Charmouth, Dorset, United Kingdom 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paleoflor Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 Not sure what causes the blue stained pinnule tips (mineralisation or hydrocarbons?) but I love the colour on this one. Date of Discovery: March 10, 2024 Scientific and/or Common Name: Reticulopteris muensteri (Eichwald) Gothan 1941 Geologic Formation and/or Geologic Age: Osnabrück Fm. (Moscovian) State, Province, or Region Found: Steinbruch Piesberg (Lower Saxony, Germany) 22 Searching for green in the dark grey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danielb Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 Date of Discovery: 3/23 Scientific and/or Common Name: Hesperocyon Geologic Formation and/or Geologic Age: White River Formation State, Province, or Region Found: Grover, Colorado 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samurai Posted March 30 Share Posted March 30 I am very happy to submit this post on the Conulariid I found earlier this month, I happen to be extremely lucky and not only get a relatively rare/uncommon find but also a very rare Conulariid Pearl visible on this specimen. I have only read about these jellyfish forming calcium phosphate pearls from a paper in the 90's and I was in complete shock when I saw one while re-examining this specimen. I at first thought it could have been the exoskeleton material but it was not the same color and intruded deep into the conulariid. Date of discovery: March 11, 2024 Scientific name: Paraconularia sp. Age: Late Pennsylvanian Geologic formation: Iola Formation (Paola Limestone member) Location: Missouri 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otodusobliquus Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 (edited) I'm submitting a pathologic Otodus obliquus tooth, that also happens to be pretty large for this area. It measures 2.25" on the larger slant, and is also razor sharp. Date of discovery : March 10, 2024 Scientific name : Otodus obliquus Age : 58 million years old Geologic formation : Aquia formation Location : Virginia Edited April 1 by Otodusobliquus 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhysicist Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 Found a neat little tooth yesterday - a baby "raptor" (dromaeosaurid). Young juvenile dinosaur material is generally fairly rare and always a thrill to discover. • Date of Discovery: March 30, 2024 • Scientific and/or Common Name: perinatal "raptor" tooth (Dromaeosauridae) • Geologic Formation and/or Geologic Age: Hell Creek Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) • State, Province, or Region Found: Garfield County, Montana ID is based on a similarly-sized dromaeosaurid tooth from the Prince Creek formation, considered to be from a perinatal or neonatal individual. CH of the dromaeosaurid below is 2.3 mm. ^ Druckenmiller PS, Erickson GM, Brinkman D, Brown CM, Eberle JJ. Nesting at extreme polar latitudes by non-avian dinosaurs. Curr Biol. 2021 Aug 23;31(16):3469-3478.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.05.041. Epub 2021 Jun 24. PMID: 34171301. 12 "Argumentation cannot suffice for the discovery of new work, since the subtlety of Nature is greater many times than the subtlety of argument." - Carl Sagan "I was born not knowing and have had only a little time to change that here and there." - Richard Feynman Collections: Hell Creek Microsite | Hell Creek/Lance | Dinosaurs | Sharks | Squamates | Post Oak Creek | North Sulphur River | Lee Creek | Aguja | Permian | Devonian | Triassic | Harding Sandstone Instagram: @thephysicist_tff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaybot Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 Awesome find @ThePhysicist! Tiny fossils are sure hard to find. 1 -Jay ''...science is eminently perfectible, and that each theory has constantly to give way to a fresh one.'' -Journey to the Center of the Earth, Jules Verne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFOOLEY Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 A large, well preserved example of the species, ...recognized as an index fossil to the Middle Turonian of the Western Interior. Date of Discovery: March 30th, 2024 Scientific Name: Cameleolopha bellaplicata Geologic Formation and/or Geologic Age: Upper Cretaceous (Turonian) Carlile Shale State, Province, or Region Found: New Mexico, USA 4 "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...
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