JohnJ Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 The Winner of the November 2014 Invertebrate / Plant Find Of The Month is the Florissantia quilchenensis fossil flower from the Eocene/Oligocene of Washington, U.S.A.! Although well-known for his preparation on crabs, let's offer our congratulations to DLB (Dustin) on his find and prep of this exquisite flower! Thank you to all the other members that participated and voted. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raggedy Man Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 Congratulations! ...I'm back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcbshark Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 Congrats Dustin! That's a beautiful piece! Every once in a great while it's not just a big rock down there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rejd Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 Congrats on a beautiful specimen! A fossil hunter needs sharp eyes and a keen search image, a mental template that subconsciously evaluates everything he sees in his search for telltale clues. -Richard E. Leakey http://prehistoricalberta.lefora.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masonboro37 Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 Gorgeous! Congrats! Process of identification "mistakes create wisdom". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilized6s Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 That is a wonderful piece! Congrats on the find and the win. ~Charlie~ "There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why.....i dream of things that never were, and ask why not?" ~RFK ->Get your Mosasaur print ->How to spot a fake Trilobite ->How to identify a CONCRETION from a DINOSAUR EGG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 Well deserved for this amazing find. 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...
piranha Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 It's great to see another Florissantia winner for FOTM. Big Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 that is beautiful "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence"_ Carl Sagen No trees were killed in this posting......however, many innocent electrons were diverted from where they originally intended to go. " I think, therefore I collect fossils." _ Me "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."__S. Holmes "can't we all just get along?" Jack Nicholson from Mars Attacks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 That's really a beaut! Congratulations, Dustin! Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DE&i Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 Now that’s what I call an extraordinarily find of special beauty. Congratulations, Regards, Darren. 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...
DLB Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 Thank you everybody that voted and I greatly appreciate a well prep crab! So I had a hard time voting even for this month because I can appreciate the time it takes to prep a crab especially one from New Zealand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plantguy Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 Congrats on the gorgeous plant find! Regards, Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZiggieCie Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 Flowers are always beautiful, regardless of their age. Congratulations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 Hi, Congrats Dustin. I never seen that before and it is a very nice fossil ! Coco ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Mud Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 Well done DLB. I'd never seen a fossil flower before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesuslover340 Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 I've not ever seen such a specimen-it's gorgeous! Congratulations! "Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another."-Romans 14:19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLB Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Yes fossil flowers are on the more rare side when it comes to fossils. This one is my new fav even with all my crab this one takes the ribbon for the best in my collection thank u everyone once again for the kind comments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFOOLEY Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Quite a stunning fossil...congrats on the find, as well as the win. "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...
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