Cris Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 Just realized the entry thread wasn't up yet! Sorry for the delay, here you guys go. Entries will be taken through February 28th. 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...
Kosmoceras Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 I would like to submit my nice and rare Ptychodus tooth I found the other day. Ptychodus decurrens Found 16th Feb 2013 Bedfordshire, England Cretaceous, 95 - 98.5 myo http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/35113-ptychodus-bedfordshire-chalk/ Regards, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cris Posted February 19, 2013 Author Share Posted February 19, 2013 Thomas, Very nice find! Congrats. -Cris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astron Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 (edited) Just realized the entry thread wasn't up yet! Sorry for the delay, here you guys go. ... Cris, If it was just a matter of observation or memory, I think that it would be possible (and good for the Forum, for sure) all the FOTM threads to run into or close to their ideal time limits in the future... Thus, any refund demand would be avoided, as well... Thomas, Very nice Ptychodus My entry for this month is a 21 x 21 cm slab containing a very rare (first ever found in my country) winged fruit of a carya Engelhardia sp. associated with a leaves assemblage of seven more plant species: A rare, as well, Lythraceae (2nd pic) , 2 different Quercus sp, Salix sp., Fabaceae, Pinus sp., Daphnogene polymorpha. It was found in my hunting area (Late miocene middle Crete island, Greece) in Jan. with the prep finished on 08 Feb. 2013. Edited February 19, 2013 by astron Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossiladdict Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 This is the first time ever that I have even thought about entering a fossil into this monthly contest, but I am absolutely in love with this tooth, so decided that I would take a shot at it. Picture explains and shows it all. Lyla Fossils are simply one of the coolest things on earth--discovering them is just marvelous! Makes you all giddy inside! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DE&i Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Very nice have never found a shark tooth yet but hope to sometime this year. Regards.....D&E&i The only certainty with fossil hunting is the uncertainty. https://lnk.bio/Darren.Withers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowsharks Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 This is the first time ever that I have even thought about entering a fossil into this monthly contest, but I am absolutely in love with this tooth, so decided that I would take a shot at it. Picture explains and shows it all. Orodusnamed.jpg Lyla Lyla, congrats on your shark tooth find. I don't think I've ever seen a bluish-green(?) tooth like this before. These primitive shark teeth are so unusual looking compared to the more "modern" looking shark teeth I find all the time. Good luck. Daryl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foshunter Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Lyla, Beautiful tooth, you continue to find the rare and unusual teeth, very nice----Tom Grow Old Kicking And Screaming !!"Don't Tread On Me" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeepDigger Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 I've never entered anything in one of these before so why not give it a shot! This is my Stenodomatoceras cephalopod I found on Feb 17th while hunting with some fellow TFF members. I understand it is rather uncommon for the area. I'm just happy to find something new! Found in a little wash out at the bottom of a road cut I believe it is Plattsburg formation but I could be wrong. (each square is 1cm) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cris Posted February 22, 2013 Author Share Posted February 22, 2013 I've never entered anything in one of these before so why not give it a shot! This is my Stenodomatoceras cephalopod I found on Feb 17th while hunting with some fellow TFF members. I understand it is rather uncommon for the area. I'm just happy to find something new! Found in a little wash out at the bottom of a road cut I believe it is Plattsburg formation but I could be wrong. (each square is 1cm) Nice find. Any idea of age? It's from KS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missourian Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Nice find. Any idea of age? It's from KS? Johnson County, Kansas. Merriam Limestone, Plattsburg Formation, Lansing Group, Missourian Stage, Pennsylvanian. Context is critical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cris Posted February 22, 2013 Author Share Posted February 22, 2013 Johnson County, Kansas. Merriam Limestone, Plattsburg Formation, Lansing Group, Missourian Stage, Pennsylvanian. Thanks! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeymig Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 This is the first time ever that I have even thought about entering a fossil into this monthly contest, but I am absolutely in love with this tooth, so decided that I would take a shot at it. Picture explains and shows it all. Orodusnamed.jpg Lyla Cool tooth and I like the photo layout. mikey Many times I've wondered how much there is to know. led zeppelin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeepDigger Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 (edited) Johnson County, Kansas. Merriam Limestone, Plattsburg Formation, Lansing Group, Missourian Stage, Pennsylvanian. Thanks Missourian! I'm still working out a few kinks in my brain with the whole formation thing. Edited February 23, 2013 by JeepDigger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 Hey JeepD... any chance you could give us a better photo? (Its getting near the end of the month and I thought I'd post something to push this up the list in the New Content section). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PetrolPete Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 After I found out what it was, I feel like I should submit it. I'd like to submit my Pennsylvanian Labyrinthodont Jaw, found February 16th at Oolagah Lake, Oklahoma (most likely) out of the Fort Scott, but possibly out of the Senora Formation. Depending on which, it would either be early Marmaton or late Des Moinesian. When I got it ID'd I found out that there are only four known land vertebrate fossil locations in Oklahoma, and this would make a fifth. The entire find (may contain other bones in addition to a jaw): The main jaw: The jaw without the tops on: The teeth on the jaw: The underside of the jaw: Unknown, but possibly a shark spine on the outside of the concretion: Part of the second concretion at that location: Misc. Parts from the concretions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsatites Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 Hello,my contibution is an Asteroceras (Lower Lias / Sinemurian) from the area of Schwäbisch Gmünd in Germany.Diameter 29 cm, mostly in white calcite.As the cross-section details shows, there are also other minerals involved. Found in June 2011. The preparation was complicated. I do not love the final grinding, therefore the half-finished piece went from one corner to the other for a long time.Finished in February 2013.RegardsPeter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cris Posted February 27, 2013 Author Share Posted February 27, 2013 Nice finds so far, guys! Looks like it's going to be some small contests this month. Anybody else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeepDigger Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Hey JeepD... any chance you could give us a better photo? (Its getting near the end of the month and I thought I'd post something to push this up the list in the New Content section). Sorry I missed your post, I will try as soon as I get home tonight. My hard drive burned up a while back so I lost all of my software, I have a new setup now and haven't quite figured it all out... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nandomas Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Hello everyone My entry for February: Terebratula scillae, SEGUENZA, 1871 from the Lower Pleistocene, Puglia, S. Italy. The brachiopod and the Spatangus were both badly encrusted, I started this afternoon cleaning the big ehinoid, sadly discovering after 30 minutes that it was less than half complete (I will post several pictures soon). So I started with this brachiopod,cleaning it with air scribe and, believe it or not, using for the first time aluminium oxide in my sandblaster... I was very very careful, covering the brachiopod parts already exposed with tape and modeling putty. The Terebratula is VERY big, measuring more than 8 cm. 3,16 inches in lenght. Now I am very happy for have waited all this time for the right cleaning tools Erosion... will be my epitaph! http://www.paleonature.org/ https://fossilnews.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nala Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Spectacular Brachiopod and perfect prep Nando! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeymig Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 (edited) Now that's what I call a LAMPSHELL! Mikey I just wanted to add that I like how you left some matrix to serve as a natrual base for this very cool brach! Edited February 28, 2013 by mikeymig Many times I've wondered how much there is to know. led zeppelin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missourian Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Now that's what I call a LAMPSHELL! Mikey Yeah. You could burn the midnight oil in that thing. Context is critical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeepDigger Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 That brachiopod is AWESOME!!!!! I almost don't want to post these now.... Is it against the rules to vote for my competitor's entry??? Well here they are anyway, hope these are better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeloiVarden Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 My entry for fossil of the month. This mako isn't in the best condition, but I don't find them this color very often. Isurus Hastilis Miocene South Carolina Prepared/Cleaned 2.26.13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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