JohnJ Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 It's a NEW YEAR!...with all kinds of possibilities! What are you going to find this month? Something rare, something exquisite, something large, something really small, or something new to science? Just think about that while you're in the field. Take the time to photograph and document your finds, then show us your best. Carefully read the rules below, make sure you include all the required information, and submit your fossil! Please pay special attention to Rule #5: Before and After Preparation photos must be submitted for Prepped specimens not found during the Month of the Contest. In addition to keeping the contest fair, this new qualification will encourage better documentation of our spectacular past finds. Best of luck to all and good hunting! Entries will be taken through January 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 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. Before and After Preparation photos must be submitted for Prepped specimens not found during the Month of the Contest.6. You must include the common or scientific name.7. You must include the Geologic Age or Geologic Formation where the Fossil was found.8. Play fair and honest. No bought fossils. No false claims.Shortly after the end of the Month, separate Polls will be created for the Vertebrate and Invertebrate/Plant Find of the Month.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! The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adron Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 (edited) Hello! I think I already found my best tooth this month . Hexanchus griseus Found: Antwerp area, Belgium date: 4th Width: 4 cm age: Neogene greetings Aaron Edited January 7, 2015 by Adron Nullus finis longius si quod facis delectaris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcbshark Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Wow, beautiful tooth Aaron! Congrats! 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...
jpc Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Ooohhhh.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Officially.... -Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Aaron, beautiful tooth. I am truly and 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...
ZiggieCie Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 Great start to the new year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
izak_ Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 What a start! I have a good feeling i'll find something goo the month… I just don't know what Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Mud Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 Wow!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welsh Wizard Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 Hi Happy New Year everyone Here's a Jurassic Fern. Zamites gigas Middle Jurassic Aalenian (175 - 171 million years ago) Saltwick Formation Near to Whitby, United Kingdom Length of fern is 4 inches Found 8th Jan 2015 Regards Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adron Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 Thanks for those many kind replies , didn't expect that Nullus finis longius si quod facis delectaris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TqB Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 (edited) Plumaster ophiuroides Wright, 1863, an extremely rare starfish, many-armed (about 20). Lower Jurassic, Staithes Sandstone Formation,Yorkshire Coast, UK. Found over three years ago, on 1st Nov. 2011. Prepped grain by grain under a microscope and finished (at least for now!) on 3rd Jan. this year. As found, block 4.5" across: Prepped starfish 3" across. The ossicles with spine bearing bosses (like echinoids) are diagnostic of the recently erected family Plumasteridae GALE, 2011, which so far contains only this genus . This is the top surface and most of the arms curl under at the ends. I started prepping it with a scalpel and pin vice (too fragile for an air abrader which might blow the spicules away). Eventually, I bought a modified dental descaler, used at 20PSI or less. It took about 150 hours. Edited January 11, 2015 by TqB 1 Tarquin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xiphactinus Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 What an interesting starfish!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Persistence pays off - WOW! -Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZiggieCie Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Nice find Tq. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Humdinger! Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TqB Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 Thanks, all - I couldn't believe it when the ossicles started to appear. Tarquin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcbshark Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 That's a beautiful starfish tqb! Congrats! 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...
izak_ Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Interesting starfish, I love that fern too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeymig Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 I found this very rare Orthoceras on 11/11/14 and it was finished being prepped on 1/11/15. Im not sure of the species name but this is all I could find in my literature that makes sense for the formation and location. I have been digging this formation for many years and this is only the second Orthoceras that has been found. I know that Orthocera or other straight shelled nautiloids can be very common but not here. The fossils from this formation are encased in very hard nodules that preserves them in 3D. The white shell of the animal is calcite and is much softer then the matrix making it diffucult to prep. Some of the orginal aragonite shell is preserved around the living chamber. Prepped by Brian Dasno. Thanks, Mikey Many times I've wondered how much there is to know. led zeppelin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey P Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 That's a swell looking nautiloid Mikey. Very nice preservation and great prep. I've had many otherwise fine straight-shelled cephalopods shatter when I tried to excavate them, so I can appreciate the fortune in collecting a complete one. Thanks for entering it so we can all see. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Nice one, Mikey! Congrats on a cool 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...
mikeymig Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 (edited) Thanks Jeffrey and Tim. It looks a lot better in person and the nodule when cut went right through a layer of Ammonoids. These nodules are very hard to split open and never split where the fossils are. I tried prepping myself but stopped when I tried removing the matrix from the shell. It really needed air abrasion and because its so rare I didn't want to screw it up. Mikey Edited January 16, 2015 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...
izak_ Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 I found this very rare Orthoceras on 11/11/14 and it was finished being prepped on 1/11/15. Im not sure of the species name but this is all I could find in my literature that makes sense for the formation and location. I have been digging this formation for many years and this is only the second Orthoceras that has been found. I know that Orthocera or other straight shelled nautiloids can be very common but not here. The fossils from this formation are encased in very hard nodules that preserves them in 3D. The white shell of the animal is calcite and is much softer then the matrix making it diffucult to prep. Some of the orginal aragonite shell is preserved around the living chamber. Prepped by Brian Dasno. Thanks, Mikey That's so cool! Not only is it rare - but well preserved! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesuslover340 Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 (edited) Found this insect wing at a new locality Date found: January 17, 2015 Geologic age: lower permian of Oklahoma Scientific name: Asthenohymen sp., most likely A. latus Carpenter's work on lower permian insect fossils shows how it looks if it were whole: Edited January 24, 2015 by Jesuslover340 "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...
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