December 2014 Vertebrate Find Of The Month

[JohnJ]

The last contest of the year offers us some splendid entries! I hope you enjoy them almost as much as their discoverers.

Please show your support for what you think is the best find this month! The poll ends January 6th. Be sure to vote in our other FOTM poll HERE.

1. Basiparasphenoid of a Saurichtys fish - Early Jurassic Fernie Formation (Toarcian) - Alberta, Canada

2. Proboscidean skull fragment - Pleistocene - South Carolina, U.S.A.

3. Articulated Ichthyosaurus vertebrae - Lower Jurassic Charmouth Mudstone Formation - Charmouth Beach, UK

4. Partial Ichthyosaur jaw fragment - Lower Jurassic Charmouth Mudstone Formation - Charmouth Beach, UK

5. Protosphyraena perniciosa Swordfish pectoral fin - Upper Cretaceous Smoky Hill Chalk Kansas, U.S.A.

6. Hyneria lindae fish jaw - Upper Devonian - Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

[JohnJ]

Happy New Year, all!

[izak_]

Happy New Year, all!

Yup!

[izak_]

Nice finds everyone!

[Doctor Mud]

Wow - this is going to be a tricky one.....

[TheAshBee]

Great finds, everyone! Definitely some awesome finds here!!

[DeepTimeIsotopes]

Another awesome contest! All beautiful specimens!