JohnJ Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 The Best of last year's monthly contests... The Winner of the 2014 Invertebrate / Plant Find Of The Year is the September 2014 IPFOTM winner: Palaeocoma milleri brittlestar from the Lower Jurassic Staithes Sandstone Formation in North Yorkshire, UK!!! Congratulations, again, to Tarquin (TqB) on his uncommon find and outstanding preparation of this fossil! Thanks again to all the members who share their finds and knowledge with us each year. 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 January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Wonderful preparation and specimen. Congratulations! When this was first posted I couldn't stop looking at it... ...I'm back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Congrats on your amazing find TqB 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...
CH4ShotCaller Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Outstanding find and prep. Congratulations! Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new. -Albert Einstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Very cool! Congrats. "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...
Troodon Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 A centerpiece to any collection, congrats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Congratulations, Tarquin! Well done on all fronts! Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Hi, Congrats ! It is a marvelous and rare fossil, and it is a very nice prep ! 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...
jcbshark Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Wow! Congrats on such an awesome find!!! 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...
lissa318 Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Congrats!!!! What a wonderful find!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welsh Wizard Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Well done Tarquin Definitely a worthy winner. Really nice fossil but you've done a fantastic job prepping it. All the best Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triceratops Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 :DCongratulations, a great fossil -Lyall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZiggieCie Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 A beautiful Fossil! You deserve the award. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TqB Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Thanks very much for the kind comments, everyone! It's the nicest fossil I found last year but I'm astonished and honoured that it did so well. Tarquin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolmt Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 A very worthy victor....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilized6s Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Congratulations Tarquin! Wonderful specimen. ~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...
DLB Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Definitely a start to any collection Great job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welsh Wizard Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Tarquin Well done mate. It's a fantastic specimen. It should've won fossil prep of the year as well, if there was such a title All the best Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DE&i Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Hi Tarquin, A very rare find indeed....with some fine prepping applied. 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...
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