Find Of The Month Winner's Gallery

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MARCH 2019 VERTEBRATE FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (VFOTM)

 

A pair of worthy finds that finished in a dead heat!!!

 

Capybara skull - Pleistocene - Brazos River, Texas

Congrats to @garyc!!!

 

 

Lepidotes mantelli fish - Valanginian, Early Cretaceous - Sussex, UK

Congrats to @Birdman!!!

 

 

MARCH 2019 INVERTEBRATE/PLANT FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (IPFOTM)

 

Calamites sp horsetail tree trunk segment - Pennsylvanian - Southeast Oklahoma

Congrats to @MSirmon!!!

 

 

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APRIL 2019 VERTEBRATE FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (VFOTM)

 

Ground sloth claw core (unknown exact species) - Pleistocene - Santander, Colombia

Congrats to @cavemanfl!!!

 

 

APRIL 2019 INVERTEBRATE/PLANT FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (IPFOTM)

 

Nahecaris frankei (phyllocarid) - Emsian (Early Devonian) - Burg-Reuland, Belgium

Congratulations to @Manticocerasman!!!

 

 

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MAY 2019 VERTEBRATE FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (VFOTM)

 

Ptychodus marginalis hybodontiform shark tooth - Cretaceous, Turonian (Eagle Ford South Bosque Member) - Travis County, Texas

Congrats to @LSCHNELLE!!!

 

 

MAY 2019 INVERTEBRATE/PLANT FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (IPFOTM)

 

Triarthrus eatoni trilobite (ventral view with eggs) - Ordovician - Beecher's Beds, Walcott Quarry, near Rome, New York

Congratulations to @Scylla!!!

 

 

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JUNE 2019 VERTEBRATE FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (VFOTM)

 

Pseudemys floridana or P. williamsi turtle with predation marks - Miocene-Holocene, Bone Valley Formation - Peace River, Florida

Congratulations to @joshuajbelanger!!!

 

 

JUNE 2019 INVERTEBRATE/PLANT FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (IPFOTM)

 

Eurypterus remipes eurypterid - Late Silurian, Phelps Member, Bertie Group - Herkimer County, New York

Congratulations to @Al Tahan!!!

 

 

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JULY 2019 VERTEBRATE FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (VFOTM)

 

Articulated ichthyosaur vertebrae with rib, paddle bone and belemnites - Jurassic - Yorkshire Coast, UK

Congratulations to @Crann!!!

 

 

 

JULY 2019 INVERTEBRATE/PLANT FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (IPFOTM)

 

Unidentified (trigonotarbid?) arachnid - Late Carboniferous (Westphalian D), Osnabrück Fm. - Piesberg quarry near Osnabrück, Germany

Congratulations to @paleoflor!!!

 

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AUGUST 2019 VERTEBRATE FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (VFOTM)

 

Ichthyosaurus sp. (possibly I. communis) - Jurassic (Hettangian) - circa 190 MYA - Preplanobis Beds, Lavernock Point, UK

Congratulations to @Welsh Wizard !!!

 

 

AUGUST 2019 INVERTEBRATE/PLANT FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (IPFOTM)

 

Asteroceras and Promicroceras ammonites - Jurassic - Lyme Regis, Dorset, England

Congratulations to @kameran !!!

 

 

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SEPTEMBER 2019 VERTEBRATE FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (VFOTM)

 

Upper and lower peccary jaw section - Miocene, opal bearing bentonite clay layer - Royal Peacock Opal Mine, Humboldt County, Nevada

Congratulations to @JBMugu !!!

 

 

SEPTEMBER 2019 INVERTEBRATE/PLANT FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (IPFOTM)

Glyptoxoceras subcompressum(?) heteromorph ammonite - Santonian, Haslam - Mt. Tzuhalem, Vancouver Island, Canada

Congratulations to @Wrangellian !!!

 

 

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OCTOBER 2019 VERTEBRATE FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (VFOTM)

 

Mammuthus primigenius, woolly mammoth molar - Weichselian, late Pleistocene (40 Ka) - Zandmotor, Netherlands (dredged from North Sea)

Congratulations to @Max-fossils !!!

 

 

OCTOBER 2019 INVERTEBRATE/PLANT FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (IPFOTM)

Litoricola macrodactylus crab - Lower Thanetian, Paleocene - Southwest France

Congratulations to @caterpillar !!!

 

 

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NOVEMBER 2019 VERTEBRATE FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (VFOTM)

Small Fish jaw with teeth (unknown species) - Jet Rock or Alum Shale Series, Upper Lias, Jurassic - Whitby, North Yorkshire Coast, England

Congratulations to @LiamL !!!

 

 

NOVEMBER 2019 INVERTEBRATE/PLANT FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (IPFOTM)

Devonoblastus whiteavesi blastoid - Widder Fm, Hungry Hollow Member (Middle Devonian) - Arkona, Ontario

Congratulations to @Greg.Wood !!!

 

 

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DECEMBER 2019 VERTEBRATE FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (VFOTM)

Palorchestes sp. (azael?) marsupial - Pleistocene - Queensland, Australia

Congratulations to  @Jesuslover340!!!

 

DECEMBER 2019 INVERTEBRATE/PLANT FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (IPFOTM)

Amoeboceras alternoides ammonite and Dicroloma cochleata gastropod - Jurassic, Upper Oxfordian - Bronnitsy, Moscow Oblast, Russia

Congratulations to @RuMert!!!

 

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2019 VERTEBRATE FOSSIL OF THE YEAR (VFOTY)

Ichthyosaurus sp. (possibly I. communis) - Jurassic (Hettangian) - circa 190 MYA - Preplanobis Beds, Lavernock Point, UK

Congratulations to @Welsh Wizard !!!

 

 

2019 INVERTEBRATE/PLANT FOSSIL OF THE YEAR (IPFOTY)

Unidentified (trigonotarbid?) arachnid - Late Carboniferous (Westphalian D), Osnabrück Fm. - Piesberg quarry near Osnabrück, Germany

Congratulations to @paleoflor!!!

 

 

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JANUARY 2020 VERTEBRATE FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (VFOTM)

Bird (Species unknown) - Eocene (52 Ma) - American Fossil Quarry, Wyoming

Congratulations to @sseth!!!

 

JANUARY 2020 INVERTEBRATE/PLANT FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (IPFOTM)

Belotelson magister shrimp - Francis Shale, Middle Pennsylvanian (~307 Ma) - Mazonia South (Pit 11), Illinois

Congratulations to @stats!!!

 

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FEBRUARY 2020 VERTEBRATE FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (VFOTM)

Diprotodontid pelvis (likely Zygomaturus trilobus) - Pleistocene - Queensland, Australia 

Congratulations to @Ash !!!

 

FEBRUARY 2020 INVERTEBRATE/PLANT FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (IPFOTM)

Metopaster sp. sea star - Lower Thanetian, Paleocene - Southwest France

Congratulations to @caterpillar !!!

 

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MARCH 2020 VERTEBRATE FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (VFOTM)

Primate jaw with teeth - Bridgerian, Middle Eocene - Blue Rim, Wyoming

Congratulations to @jpc !!!

 

MARCH 2020 INVERTEBRATE/PLANT FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (IPFOTM)

Scolecodonts (maxilla/jaws) of polychaetes (Protarabellites or Oenonites & Ramphoprion) - Georgian Bay Fm, Upper Ordovician - Mimico Creek, Toronto, Ontario

Congratulations to @Monica !!!

 

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APRIL 2020 VERTEBRATE FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (VFOTM)

Platecarpus mosasaur - Cretaceous, Taylor Group, Ozan Formation - North Sulphur River, Texas

Congratulations to @Searcher !!!

 

APRIL 2020 INVERTEBRATE/PLANT FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (IPFOTM)

Arbacia improcera echinoid - Pliocene, Yorktown Formation Zone  - Craven County, North Carolina

Congratulations to @sixgill pete !!!

 

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MAY 2020 VERTEBRATE FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (VFOTM)

Triceratops prorsus right dentary - Upper Hell Creek Formation, Upper Cretaceous - Powder River County, Montana

Congratulations to @Troodon !!!

 

MAY 2020 INVERTEBRATE/PLANT FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (IPFOTM)

Sinosura kelheimense brittlestars - Upper Jurassic - Hienheim Quarry, Germany

Congratulations to @David !!!

 

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JUNE 2020 VERTEBRATE FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (VFOTM)

Placoderm fish (Cowralepis mclachlani) - ~385 Ma (Middle Devonian); Merriganowry Shale Member of the Dulladerry Volcanics - Central West NSW, Australia

Congratulations to @Paleoworld-101 !!!

 

JUNE 2020 INVERTEBRATE/PLANT FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (IPFOTM)

Macroporaster matutinus  sea star - Late Ordovician, Salona Formation - Pennsylvania

Congratulations to @historianmichael !!!

 

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JULY 2020 VERTEBRATE FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (VFOTM)

Archaeotherium mortoni entelodont jaw - White River Formation. Eocene/Oligocene - Wyoming

Congratulations to @FossilsandScience !!!

 

JULY 2020 INVERTEBRATE/PLANT FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (IPFOTM)

Thaleops ovata tilobite - Platteville Formation, Ordovician - Grant County, Wisconsin 

Congratulations to @minnbuckeye !!!

 

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AUGUST 2020 VERTEBRATE FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (VFOTM)

Syllomus aegyptiacus sea turtle - Miocene, Lower Calvert Formation (likely Bed 3b) - King and Queen County, Virginia

Congratulations to @sharkdoctor !!!

 

AUGUST 2020 INVERTEBRATE/PLANT FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (IPFOTM)

Thresherodiscus ramosus edrioasteroid - Ordovician, Bobcaygeon Formation - Goat Island, Ontario

Congratulations to @Kane !!!

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SEPTEMBER 2020 VERTEBRATE FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (VFOTM)

Clidastes sp. mosasaur jaw - Late Cretaceous, Ozan formation (Lower Taylor Marl) - NSR, North Texas

Congratulations to @Titan !!!

 

SEPTEMBER 2020 INVERTEBRATE/PLANT FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (IPFOTM)

Triarthrus eatoni trilobites - Late Ordovician, Lorraine Group, Frankfort Shale - Oneida county, New York 

Congratulations to @Al Tahan !!!

 

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OCTOBER 2020 VERTEBRATE FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (VFOTM)

Edestus sp. shark jaw with teeth - Pennsylvanian Fort Scott Fm. (Desmoinesian) - Roger County, Oklahoma

Congratulations to @Conostichus !!!

 

 

OCTOBER 2020 INVERTEBRATE/PLANT FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (IPFOTM)

Craspedites subditus ammonite - Jurassic, Upper Tithonian (Volgian) - Undory, Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia

Congratulations to @RuMert !!!

 

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NOVEMBER 2020 VERTEBRATE FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (VFOTM)

Anzu wyliei hand claw (possibly digit I) - Cretaceous (Maastrichtian), Hell Creek Formation - Powder River Co. , Montana

Congratulations to @Troodon !!!

 

NOVEMBER 2020 INVERTEBRATE/PLANT FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (IPFOTM)

Heterosalenia sp. nov. echinoid (new species currently being described) - Lower Glen Rose Formation, Lower Cretaceous (Albian) - Comal County, Texas

Congratulations to @JamieLynn !!!

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DECEMBER 2020 VERTEBRATE FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (VFOTM)

Nanosaurus sp. ornithischian jaw - Late Jurassic, Morrison Formation - Natrona County, Wyoming

Congratulations to @jpc !!!

 

DECEMBER 2020 INVERTEBRATE/PLANT FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (IPFOTM)

Diplocalamites sp. horsetail - Middle Pennsylvanian - New Mexico

Congratulations to @Kato !!!

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2020 VERTEBRATE FOSSIL OF THE YEAR (VFOTY)

 

Bird (Species unknown) - Eocene (52 Ma) - American Fossil Quarry, Wyoming

Congratulations to @sseth!!!

 

2020 INVERTEBRATE/PLANT FOSSIL OF THE YEAR (IPFOTY)

 

Belotelson magister shrimp - Francis Shale, Middle Pennsylvanian (~307 Ma) - Mazonia South (Pit 11), Illinois

Congratulations to @stats!!!

 

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JANUARY 2021 VERTEBRATE FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (VFOTM)

 

Megaloolithidae dinosaur egg - Upper Cretaceous, Campanian (74 Ma) - Bouches-du-Rhône, France

Congratulations to @Pixpaleosky !!!

 

JANUARY 2021 INVERTEBRATE/PLANT FOSSIL OF THE MONTH (IPFOTM)

 

Acanthotelson stimpsoni shrimp - 307 million years old, Pennsylvanian, Francis Creek Shale Layer (307 Ma) - Mazon Creek, Grundy County, Illinois

Congratulations to @flipper559 !!!