Cris Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 I came here to enter something into the contest and realized that sooomebody forgot to get this thread up! Entries will be taken through July 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 Contests1. 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, gofind your fossil, do your research, and make an entry! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snolly50 Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Please clarify. A fossil acquired via purchase, trade, theft or barter and subsequently revealed via preparation is not eligible for entry? Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, also are remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. - Douglas Adams, Last Chance to See Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PA Fossil Finder Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 (edited) You now what, just to try out (I'll probably never win ) I'll enter my tiny little Upper Devonian shark tooth in the vertebrate category. (Never heard of a backboneless shark.) I found on either on July 8th or 9th (can't remember exactly) in residue recovered from dissolved North Evans Limestone (Genesee formation, I think.). Pretty sure it is an Omalodus sp. If pictures are to blurry to make it into the contest I can try taking better ones. Pics: Edited July 24, 2013 by PA Fossil Finder Stephen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Please clarify. A fossil acquired via purchase, trade, theft or barter and subsequently revealed via preparation is not eligible for entry? Correct. Rule #1 ... Only fossils found by you. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thair Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 (edited) Well here is my invert entry. Arthropod (Trilobite) trace fossil. Lake Bridgeport, Texas 7-2-13. Have several pictures with sun at different angles to show detail. Slab is about 18 inchs square. Pennsilvanian age Edited July 23, 2013 by thair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sylvestersen Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 (edited) Argentinoid - argentine like fish preserved in diatomite – 42 mm in length (1,65 inches) I found this little fish on the 4. july[when I was cleaving mo-clay on Fur (Danish Island). The fish come from the Lower Eocene Fur Formation (Ypresian) and it is between 55,5-55 million years old Family: Argentinidae Order: Osmeriformes Edited July 24, 2013 by Sylvestersen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMNH Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 This Eldredgeops was found on July 7th at Hungry Hollow, Ontario (middle Devonian). I spotted it 'surfing' down the slope on its head pretty much as is . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 (edited) Great entries, so far. Here's my invertebrate find for July. Found this on my annual pilgrimage to a site in Upstate New York, collecting with my buddy xonenine! Multiple Eldredgeops rana plate. (4 or 5) Middle Devonian, Windom Shale Blasdell NY. Found on July 6th, 2013. I have found an area at this site that regularly produces these trilobites with some kind of white mineral coating. I have no idea what causes it, or what it is comprised of, but I know that I like it, and it is kind of unusual looking. Good luck to all who enter. Regards, Edited July 24, 2013 by Fossildude19 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 IPFOTM -- MAY - 2024 _________________________________________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MakoMeCrazy Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 (edited) My vertebrate find for the month: Found this on a trip to GMR (aka the creek that keeps on giving) in Greenville NC with RickNC and a couple other fossil friends. Carcharodon carcharias (Great White) Pliocene Epoch (1.8 to 5.3 million years old) 2 3/8" Greenville, NC Found on July 7th Edited July 24, 2013 by MakoMeCrazy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 My vertebrate find for the month: Found this on a trip to GMR (aka the creek that keeps on giving) in Greenville NC with RickNC and a couple other fossil friends. Carcharodon carcharias (Great White) Pliocene Epoch (1.8 to 5.3 million years old) 2 3/8" Greenville, NC Found on July 7th Wow! That is a beauty of a tooth! Congratulations on that find. Regards, Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 IPFOTM -- MAY - 2024 _________________________________________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMNH Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 Great entries, so far. Here's my invertebrate find for July. Found this on my annual pilgrimage to a site in Upstate New York, collecting with my buddy xonenine! Multiple Eldredgeops rana plate. (4 or 5) Middle Devonian, Windom Shale Blasdell NY. Found on July 6th, 2013. I have found an area at this site that regularly produces these trilobites with some kind of white mineral coating. I have no idea what causes it, or what it is comprised of, but I know that I like it, and it is kind of unusual looking. Good luck to all who enter. Regards, Wow Tim, way to one-up my single Eldredgeops with your quintuple! That is a really awesome find, congrats! Lots of other cool stuff this month too. That trilobite trace looks really different from the ones I find here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 Sorry 'bout that, Joe. I'm always amazed by the quality of the finds posted here. Regards, Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 IPFOTM -- MAY - 2024 _________________________________________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMNH Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 Sorry 'bout that, Joe. I'm always amazed by the quality of the finds posted here. Regards, Haha I don't mind! I was just kidding around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adron Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 (edited) hello, I've two vertebrate finds which I am very happy. This is the first one: Somniosus microcephalus Family: Somniosidae Age: Pliocene Date : somewhere between the 10e and the 13e. found in my matrix of the Antwerp area It's an upper tooth which are ultra rare. Edited July 26, 2013 by Adron Nullus finis longius si quod facis delectaris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adron Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 This is my second best find this month. Xiphodolamia ensis Family: Xiphodolamiidae Age: Eocene Date: 17th Found in Knokke Lateral tooth. Nullus finis longius si quod facis delectaris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welsh Wizard Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 Hi I found this partial ichthyosaur paddle on 24th July 2013. It is from an ichthyosaurus sp. and it comes from the Lower Jurassic, Toarcian of Whitby in North Yorkshire, UK. I picked it up as a beach nodule and have done some exploratory prep to reveal some of the bones. The pictures, show the nodule as found, then through various stages of prep. Best regards Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DE&i Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 That's looking really good Nick...well done for spotting it . It takes a some keen eyesight to see those nodules . Darren. Regards.....D&E&i The only certainty with fossil hunting is the uncertainty. https://lnk.bio/outfossiling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobWill Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 (edited) Ok, I'm personally voting for that trackway or maybe those awesome trilobites, but I haven't seen a rostoconch here recently so I'm adding this guy...meet Rosco. He was found 7-27-13, languishing in the Chico Limestone of the Pennsylvanian part of Wise County Texas. Maybe not FOTM material but I propose we select an official fossil mascot (do we already have one?) Who better than one with a "personal" name:) Edited July 29, 2013 by BobWill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 HI everybody...!!! Was in vacation till 25 july so i dug in my cellar a few days ago and i found an old crate labelled "Bouxwiller , May 1996" . It was full with unprepared material : mostly gastropods, a few snake eggs and something weird i couldn't ID. I've prepared that special thing yesterday. So this is a Celtis seed ( Hackberry ? ) only the second i see from that place.... Celtis sp Eocene age, lutetian lake deposits Bouxwiller, France Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foshunter Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 After days and nights of vast amounts of glue and hair pulling I have done all that can be done to this Mosasaur puzzle. This guy is from the Upper Cretaceous, Ozan Formation of the Sulphur River, Texas. It was found in 1999 and packed away when we moved to Florida and forgotten until a few days ago. All pieces are associated with the same reptile that is a Clidastes species. Radius Associated verts Rib Grow Old Kicking And Screaming !!"Don't Tread On Me" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nandomas Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 Well here is my invert entry. Arthropod (Trilobite) trace fossil. Lake Bridgeport, Texas 7-2-13. Have several pictures with sun at different angles to show detail. Slab is about 18 inchs square. Pennsilvanian age Tully, you got my vote Erosion... will be my epitaph! http://www.paleonature.org/ https://fossilnews.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFOOLEY Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 Invertebrate Prionocyclus hyatti Late Cretaceous (Turonian) Carlile Shale Discovered: July 6th, 2013 New Mexico, USA "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...
Katfish61 Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 I am new to TFF, so this will be my first time....So here goes: I found this great trilobite plate near Lake Bridgeport, Tx. on July 21st at sunrise. It is a Ditomopyge Paladin and is of the Pennsylvanian Period..... It is double-sided, with the big guy sitting in the middle and many coiled along the edge. There are a couple of small ones mixed about on both sides. I had never found one before, so finding many at one time was such a thrill!! So after fretting for days as to if I was or was not going to enter this.....it is finally done.... Now on to next months' find............Good Luck to everyone........... Kathy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFOOLEY Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 I am new to TFF, so this will be my first time....So here goes: I found this great trilobite plate.......... Yes you did. Good luck to you as well. "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...
Fossil Foilist Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 July 29th 2013, Phymotaxis Tournoueri, Cretaceous, Peedee formation, Rocky Point, NC Skylar Fossil Foilist -----)---------------------- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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