JohnJ Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 The Winner of the 2015 Vertebrate Find Of The Year is the Ptyonius marshii amphibian from the Mid-Pennsylvanian Cannel Coal of Ohio, U.S.A.!!! This was, indeed, an uncommon glimpse at a beautiful specimen. Congratulations to fossilcrazy (John) on his outstanding, rare find from a sparse supply of the Cannel Coal! Congratulations again to all the other monthly winners of 2015! 1 The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
izak_ Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 Congratulations everyone and John! My mouth literally dropped when I saw that little amphibian! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 Congratulations a very special specimen, truly deserving the award Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 Great find, John! Congratulations! Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 Congratulations, John! Wonderful fossil and deserving of the award. 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...
fossilcrazy Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 Thank you for the honor and kind compliments. For sure there are other candidates this past 2015 year, who could easily have taken the place also. I'm very admiring of their finds ! ! ! To all the Fossil Forum members out looking for the next IFOTM and VFOTM, HAPPY HUNTING and I'm looking forward to you pushing the bar ever so much higher with your finds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcbshark Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 What an awesome find! Congrats on a deserving win 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...
ZiggieCie Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Absolutely wonderful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ancient Bones Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Congratulations John !!! ' Keep calm and carry on fossiling ' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilized6s Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Congrats, John! That little amphibian is definitely something special. I'm surprised my little fish put up such a fight. Thanks to everyone who voted. Good hunting! ~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...
Doctor Mud Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Well done John! The fossil of the year comp. was a great way to reminisce about a year with great TFF fossils and community. I wasn't surprised that it was tight Charlie, that's one beautiful fish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Though I had a dog in this race, I'm glad to see that Charlie's beautiful Mazon Creek fish and John's rare coal-based (literally) amphibian got the love they truly deserved in the voting. 2015 had a fantastic diversity of vertebrate fossils on display--not only those that made it into the monthly competitions but those that were pictured in all those topics last year that were both informative and a bit envious. Hope all these finds motivate others to plan a trip to go try their luck at a FOTM for 2016. Congrats again John--hope this fossil sits in a place of honor. Cheers. -Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 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...
astron Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Outstanding find!!! Congratulations!!! Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 Congrats for this rare 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...
dre464 Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 Congrats! Amazing fossil! "Men became scientific because they expected Law in Nature, and they expected Law in Nature because they believed in a Legislator." - C.S. Lewis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 That's outstanding! Congrats for the find,John! " 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...
Pterodactyl Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 Wow! That's an amazing specimen! "Welcome...To Jurassic Park!" -Richard Attenborough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scylla Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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