Auspex Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 Only two more months to go until the Find of the Year contests! Place your entries for the Nov. Find of the Month here. Entries will be taken through November 30th. 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! "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whowat13 Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 (edited) Here is my entry for vertebrate fossil of the month (So far): One Pathological Bull Shark tooth, with a split tip and deformed root. This tooth was found on November 20th, and is Miocene aged. At first I thought some of the root was missing, but upon closer examination I found out that it is complete. Edited November 22, 2012 by whowat13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CH4ShotCaller Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 Here's my entry for the November invertebrate find of the month. Pulalius Vulgaris from the Lincoln Creek Formation of Washington, late Eocene/early Oligocene. Rare with pyrite, even more with pyrite crystals. First pyrite encrusted crab I've found in over 24 years of collecting. Found November 2nd, prep time about 25 hours. Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new. -Albert Einstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CH4ShotCaller Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 Another angle. Thanks! Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new. -Albert Einstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
32fordboy Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 That's one heck of a crab! www.nicksfossils.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreekDawg Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 Wow, amazing colors in that shell pattern! Looks somewhat like a fish face, frontal teeth and all. Possibly to warn off predators? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missourian Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 Tough competition already. Context is critical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Russell Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 (edited) Here's my find of the month. (11/10/12) It's an Endoceras cephalopod, and would have been huge. The piece I found is 23 inches long, and 7 inches wide. I found it in the Galena formation Ogle County, Illinois, and it's ordovician in age. Edited November 25, 2012 by Rob Russell Finding my way through life; one fossil at a time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sward Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 (edited) I've never entered any of my finds in the Fossil of the Month competition because most of my finds are what I consider pretty "ordinary". However, this find generated alot of interest when I posted it and I've had alot of fun working with ya'll in trying to identify it. Date found: 02 November, 2012 Location: Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas Formation: Grayson Formation / Lower Cenomanian / Upper Cretaceous Identification: Aspidorhynchid fish jaw section Edited November 23, 2012 by sward SWardSoutheast Missouri (formerly Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX) USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sward Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 (edited) This is my entry into the invertebrate Fossil of the Month competition: Date found: 02 November, 2012 Location: Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas Formation: Grayson Formation / Lower Cenomanian / Upper Cretaceous Identification: goniophorus Edited November 22, 2012 by sward SWardSoutheast Missouri (formerly Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX) USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowsharks Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 It's been a while since I found a Meg this nice. A real pristine specimen that has beautiful coloring, serrations, and bourlette. Sure felt great finding this after sifting over 100 5-gallon buckets of material. Date found: Nov 17, 2012 Location: Calvert Cliffs, Maryland USA Age: Miocene, zone 10 Specimen: Carcharocles megalodon thanks, Daryl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boneman007 Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 I've never entered any of my finds in the Fossil of the Month competition because most of my finds are what I consider pretty "ordinary". However, this find generated alot of interest when I posted it and I've had alot of fun working with ya'll in trying to identify it. Date found: 02 November, 2012 Location: Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas Formation: Grayson Formation / Lower Cenomanian / Upper Cretaceous Identification: Aspidorhynchid fish jaw section After our long conversations on this fossil, I know which one I will be voting for! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMNH Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 Here's my find of the month. It's an Endoceras cephalopod, and would have been huge. The piece I found is 23 inches long, and 7 inches wide. I found it in the Galena formation Ogle County, Illinois, and it's ordovician in age. I always love a good Endoceras and that one is pretty big... Nice find! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
32fordboy Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 (edited) Here is a chocolate Oreodont partial skeleton with a carnivore-crushed leg bone (confirmed by a mammal-paleontologist friend). I found it in Northwestern Nebraska on 9/27/12 and prep was completed on 11/10/12 to 11/23/12. White River Group, Brule Formation, approximately 30,000,000 years old. One of the leg bones has been crushed by a carnivore, probably a sabercat (technically a Nimravid) or a bear-dog type of animal. As indicated in the photo, the red circle shows where the upper molar crushed, and the green circle is where the lower molar took the edge off of the bone. The orange line is another tooth mark. Under UV, the teeth on the oreodont turn green with purple centers, but my camera isn't properly set up to photograph under UV. Nick Edited November 24, 2012 by 32fordboy www.nicksfossils.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paleoworld-101 Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 Here is a chocolate Oreodont partial skeleton with a carnivore-crushed leg bone (confirmed by a mammal-paleontologist friend). Nick Now THAT is a cool fossil! "In Africa, one can't help becoming caught up in the spine-chilling excitement of the hunt. Perhaps, it has something to do with a memory of a time gone by, when we were the prey, and our nights were filled with darkness..." -Eternal Enemies: Lions And Hyenas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LanceHS Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 Nick, two thumbs up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 (edited) Hi all today i started to prepare plates i found on 30 october 2010 with my new preparation tools...preparation done on 25 novemeber 2012 after sandblasting here is the result a nice Pentacrinites dargnesi crown, middle jurassic of Chalons , France Edited November 25, 2012 by David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nala Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 Wow! this should be in the Sotheby's catalogue! I should have missed the trip report perhaps ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowsharks Posted November 26, 2012 Share Posted November 26, 2012 Hi all today i started to prepare plates i found on 30 october 2010 with my new preparation tools...preparation done on 25 novemeber 2012 after sandblasting here is the result a nice Pentacrinites dargnesi crown, middle jurassic of Chalons , France Wow. That is an amazing looking specimen. Congrats on having such an awesom specimen to add to your collection. Daryl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elcoincoin Posted November 26, 2012 Share Posted November 26, 2012 that crinoid is museum quality, Was wondering what could beat the crab in my liking, now i know. Magnifique vraiment un chef d'oeuvre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted November 26, 2012 Share Posted November 26, 2012 Thank you very much! merci !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 Hi all today i started to prepare plates i found on 30 october 2010 with my new preparation tools...preparation done on 25 novemeber 2012 after sandblasting here is the result a nice Pentacrinites dargnesi crown, middle jurassic of Chalons , France WOW!!! That is amazing. Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt behind the trailer, my desert Them red clay piles are heaven on earth I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt Patterson Hood; Drive-By Truckers May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobWill Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 (edited) I found this Petalodus seratodus shark tooth in the Finis Shale of Jack County Texas on November 24th, 2012. Upper Pennsylvanian Virgillian Stage Cisco Group Edited November 27, 2012 by BobWill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bev Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 Great specimens all! The crab is stunning, love the ceph, but man, that crinoid is INCREDIBLE! Thank you all for posting! Bev The more I learn, I realize the less I know. BluffCountryFossils.NET Fossil Adventure Blog Go to my Gallery for images of Fossil Jewelry, Sculpture & Crafts Pinned Posts: Beginner's Guide to Fossil Hunting * Geologic Formation Maps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMNH Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 Hi all today i started to prepare plates i found on 30 october 2010 with my new preparation tools...preparation done on 25 novemeber 2012 after sandblasting here is the result a nice Pentacrinites dargnesi crown, middle jurassic of Chalons , France WOW! That is spectacular!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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