JohnJ Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 The Winner of the November 2015 Invertebrate / Plant Find Of The Month is the Cupulocrinus sp. crinoid crown from the Middle Ordovician deposits of Ontario, Canada! Congratulations to Kevin (Northern Sharks) on the discovery and preparation of this delicate beauty. It is also his third win in the contest! Thank you to all members that posted entries and voted in the contest. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcbshark Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 Congrats on the win, that's a great specimen : ) 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...
Troodon Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 Congratulations very nice specimen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 Congratulations! It's a beauty! " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 Nice one, Kevin!! Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old bones Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 Gorgeous! Congratulations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZiggieCie Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 Great prep job, great win. Congratulations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 Just fabulous!! congratulations on the find and winning this one! Always been on My must find list. Tony Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manticocerasman Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 Congrats growing old is mandatory but growing up is optional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 Hi, Congrats ! Nice fossil and 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...
DE&i Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 I never tire from the beauty of the crinoids. Congratulations. 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...
sseth Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 Congrats! Great find! _____________________________________ Seth www.fossilshack.com www.americanfossil.com www.fishdig.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ancient Bones Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 Congratulations Kevin..... Lovely ! ' Keep calm and carry on fossiling ' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Sharks Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Thanks for all the compliments and votes everyone. This was the first complete calyx I've found from this site, although stems are very common and with access very limited, it may be a while before I find a better example. I had originally thought it was Cupulocrinus humilis, but it was pointed out that it may be a variant of that since C. humilis arms usually branch at the 6th primibrach. There isn't enough ornamentation on the calyx plates to make it a definite C. jewetti either, so it could also be a variant of that species. I didn't realize the anal tube was there until it was also pointed out after the fact, a nice bonus. There's no limit to what you can accomplish when you're supposed to be doing something else Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Well done, Kevin. Congratulations. It's a beauty, for sure. Regards, Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "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...
deutscheben Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Congratulations, nice crinoid! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raggedy Man Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 ...I'm back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolmt Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Congrats on the prep , it was not in the best of shape when you found it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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