Cris Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 There were some amazing specimens found in July. Let's see what shows up in the contest this month. Entries will be taken through August 31st. Please let us know if you have any questions, and thanks for sharing more of your fossils and research this month. To view the Winning Fossils from past contests visit the Find Of The Month Winner's Gallery. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Rules for The Fossil Forum's Vertebrate and Invertebrate/Plant Find of the Month Contests 1. You find a great Vertebrate Fossil or Invertebrate/Plant Fossil! Only fossils found by you. 2. Post your entry in the Find of the Month topic. Use a separate post for each entry. 3. Your Fossil must have been found during the Month of the Contest, or the significant Preparation of your Fossil must have been completed during the Month of the Contest. 4. You must include the Date of your Discovery or the Date of Preparation Completion. 5. You must include the common or scientific name. 6. You must include the Geologic Age or Geologic Formation where the Fossil was found. 7. Play fair. No bought fossils. Shortly after the end of the Month, separate Polls will be created for the Vertebrate and Invertebrate/Plant Find of the Month. The maximum entries allowed by the Polling software will be selected for each contest by the staff. In addition to the fun of a contest, we also want to learn more about the Fossils. So, only entries posted with a CLEAR photo and that meet the other guidelines will be placed into the Poll. Within a few days, we will know the two winning Finds of the Month! Now, go find your fossil, do your research, and make an entry! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zachj Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 (edited) here is a whale bone from the tar river. the bone is about 1 and a half feet long! it has shark bite marks from a prehistoric shark attack from a megalodon! it was found in the first week of august pliocene yorktown formation Edited August 18, 2012 by zachj one day i will find a tooth over 3 inches in good conditon haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossil Foilist Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 here is a whale bone from the tar river. it has shark bite marks from a prehistoric shark attack from a megalodon Pretty Cool! Fossil Foilist -----)---------------------- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zachj Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 Pretty Cool! thanks did not even see the bite marks till an hour later one day i will find a tooth over 3 inches in good conditon haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossil Foilist Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 thanks did not even see the bite marks till an hour later lol Fossil Foilist -----)---------------------- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosmoceras Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 Olenus sp (multi slab) Andrarum, Sweden Upper Cambrian age Found: 5th August Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crinoid Queen Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 For my entry for FOTM I would like to enter my wonderful surprise. This is my largest crown at 6.25 in long! Date of collection: 7/22/12 Date of Discovery: 8/8/12 Date of Preparation Completion: 8/10/12 Location Found: Indian Creek, Crawfordsville, IN Edwardsville formation Species: Hypselocrinus indianaensis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pleecan Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 Late Ordovician Brachiopod Found Aug12, 2012. Rhynchotrema increbescens ( id by ROM) Gamebridge ON Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raistlin Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 Wow that little brach has some great detail to it. RobertSoutheast, MO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astron Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 (edited) Hello all. My first entry for this month is a plantation plate found on 03 Aug. 2012 in the late miocene sediments of middle Crete island, Greece and bearing two main fossils (part and counterpart): 1. Partial pinus sp. flowerheads sized 11 x 11 cm in largest dimensions (pic 2) in association with 2.A poaceae sp. flower 1,6 cm in height (inclusding the stem) and 0,8 cm in diameter (triple pic). More details on posts 877, 878 and 879 of my collection here . Edited August 16, 2012 by astron Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pleecan Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 Wow that little brach has some great detail to it. Thanks Robert. The brach was ultasonically cleaned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pleecan Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 Hello all. My first entry for this month is a plantation plate found on 03 Aug. 2012 in the late miocene sediments of middle Crete island, Greece and bearing two main fossils (part and counterpart): 1. Partial pinus sp. flowerheads sized 11 x 11 cm in largest dimensions (pic 2) in association with 2.A poaceae sp. flower 1,6 cm in height (inclusding the stem) and 0,8 cm in diameter (triple pic). More details on posts 877, 878 and 879 of my collection here . Neat looking fossils! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astron Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 Neat looking fossils! Thanks,Peter! Your brach too... Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrackinRock Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 Hello Folks, I would like to submit, for your consideration as August 2012 FOTM, this Double Isotelus slab that I found on August 11th, 2012 in the State of Missouri. It is Ordovician in age, Maquoketa Group and I believe to be Isotelus Iowensis and was prepped at home on August 15th, 2012. Thanks for looking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 Hello Folks, I would like to submit, for your consideration as August 2012 FOTM, this Double Isotelus slab that I found on August 11th, 2012 in the State of Missouri. It is Ordovician in age, Maquoketa Group and I believe to be Isotelus Iowensis and was prepped at home on August 15th, 2012. Thanks for looking. Great to have you aboard. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missourian Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 I would like to submit, for your consideration as August 2012 FOTM...... Considered! And welcome to the forum. Context is critical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sward Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 Olenus sp (multi slab) Andrarum, Sweden Upper Cambrian age Found: 5th August Thomas, Wow! Congratulations on this find. How many are on there? SWardSoutheast Missouri (formerly Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX) USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosmoceras Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Thomas, Wow! Congratulations on this find. How many are on there? Thank you, there are a lot, mainly partials but a few complete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caleb Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 (edited) Here goes my personal best yet Thaleops ovata(Conrad, 1843) trilobite. While complete specimens are rare, most are found enrolled. A fully prone example of this trilobite is very hard to come by and one as tightly articulated as this one are even more rare. This specimen shows no signs of compression or dis-articulation. This is easily my finest T. ovata to date. Fossil: Thaleops ovata (Conrad, 1843) Size: 31.72mm long Formation: Platteville Formation, Mifflin member Age: Middle Ordovician, Blackriverian Where: Southwest Wisconsin Found: 8-5-2012 Prep Completed: 8-18-2012 As found: After Prep: Edited August 19, 2012 by Caleb Caleb Midwestpaleo.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt cable Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 That is beautiful, Caleb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinopaleus Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Hello Folks, I would like to submit, for your consideration as August 2012 FOTM, this Double Isotelus slab that I found on August 11th, 2012 in the State of Missouri. It is Ordovician in age, Maquoketa Group and I believe to be Isotelus Iowensis and was prepped at home on August 15th, 2012. Thanks for looking. This one basically sums it up for me Considered! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinopaleus Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Olenus sp (multi slab) Andrarum, Sweden Upper Cambrian age Found: 5th August Here goes my personal best yet Thaleops ovata(Conrad, 1843) trilobite. While complete specimens are rare, most are found enrolled. A fully prone example of this trilobite is very hard to come by and one as tightly articulated as this one are even more rare. This specimen shows no signs of compression or dis-articulation. This is easily my finest T. ovata to date. Fossil: Thaleops ovata (Conrad, 1843) Size: 31.72mm long Formation: Platteville Formation, Mifflin member Age: Middle Ordovician, Blackriverian Where: Southwest Wisconsin Found: 8-5-2012 Prep Completed: 8-18-2012 As found: After Prep: These are nice finds too! Good luck everyone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hitekmastr Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Hello Folks, I would like to submit, for your consideration as August 2012 FOTM, this Double Isotelus slab that I found on August 11th, 2012 in the State of Missouri. It is Ordovician in age, Maquoketa Group and I believe to be Isotelus Iowensis and was prepped at home on August 15th, 2012. Thanks for looking. Nice specimen - what tools/instruments did you use to prep it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hitekmastr Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Here goes my personal best yet Thaleops ovata(Conrad, 1843) trilobite. While complete specimens are rare, most are found enrolled. A fully prone example of this trilobite is very hard to come by and one as tightly articulated as this one are even more rare. This specimen shows no signs of compression or dis-articulation. This is easily my finest T. ovata to date. Fossil: Thaleops ovata (Conrad, 1843) Size: 31.72mm long Formation: Platteville Formation, Mifflin member Age: Middle Ordovician, Blackriverian Where: Southwest Wisconsin Found: 8-5-2012 Prep Completed: 8-18-2012 As found: After Prep: What tools/instruments did you use to prep? Curious about this since we are thinking about tools for removing embedded fossils we find... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonOtheSouth Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 (edited) Cretodus semplicatus Found August 6th Eagle Ford / Austin Chalk contact, Dallas County Tx Largest, most well preserved tooth I've ever found by far... ( first pic has a line through it showing a fracture point that became evident a few days ago... ) Edited August 21, 2012 by SonOtheSouth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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