JohnJ Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 Come on fossil hunters; this is 'prime time' fossil hunting for those in Spring or Fall! Keep your senses sharp and make one of your best discoveries this month!!! 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 April 30th. 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. (Only two entries per contest category.)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. You must include the State, Province, or region where the Fossil was found.9. 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...
Jesuslover340 Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 (edited) I'll propose one of my Torynomma quadrata crabs that just recently got prepped. Found last December; prep was done this last Tuesday and Wednesday. Cretaceous (105 myo). Found in Queensland, Australia. This is the first Tory I have seen or know of with preserved eyestalks, so pretty excited about the preservation and level of prep (special thanks to DLB) Before prep: During: Finished: Edited April 7, 2016 by Jesuslover340 1 "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...
Raggedy Man Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 Way to set the bar JL! ...I'm back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLB Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 I do have to say I'm partially favorited to this fossil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JarrodB Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 Wow that's nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
izak_ Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 What a start! Great find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesuslover340 Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 Thanks! Very excited about that one!!! "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...
DLB Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 Wow no other entry's you may win by default both vert and invert lol! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belemniten Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 Oh no that would be boring Because of that i want to show you my personal invertebrate find of the month .... Its one of the first tooth i ever found and a great find for me ! You can see a croc tooth named Steneosaurus. The tooth is about 1 cm long and found in Holzmaden (not a big surprise ). Age is the upper Jurassic. Here are the pictures: Many greetings from Germany ! Have a great time with many fossils Regards Sebastian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raggedy Man Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 (edited) Wow no other entry's you may win by default both vert and invert lol! There's 18 days left.. plenty of time for someone else to pull a rabbit out of their hat! Edited April 12, 2016 by Raggedy Man ...I'm back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
izak_ Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 Oh no that would be boring Because of that i want to show you my personal invertebrate find of the month .... Its one of the first tooth i ever found and a great find for me ! You can see a croc tooth named Steneosaurus. The tooth is about 1 cm long and found in Holzmaden (not a big surprise ). Age is the upper Jurassic. Here are the pictures: 20160402_200756s.jpg 20160402_200900s.jpg Thats amazing! What a month! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 Belemniten, I think that would qualify as a vertebrate. It would be a rather spineless croc otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belemniten Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 Belemniten, I think that would qualify as a vertebrate. It would be a rather spineless croc otherwise. Oh yes Thats embarrassing I wanted to wright vertebrate .... Thanks caldigger ! Many greetings from Germany ! Have a great time with many fossils Regards Sebastian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimTh Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 (edited) I'll throw my hat in the ring. I'm really excited about this find. Petalodus tooth Found yesterday (4/13/16) in southern Indiana. Mississipian, Chesterian, Indian Springs shale I believe. I'm not real great on formations, but I think that pins it down pretty well. Here's a link to my thread: http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/64268-had-a-good-trip-yesterday-found-some-uncommon-stuff/ Edited April 16, 2016 by JohnJ (contest photos uploaded to TFF) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 That's a nice one Jim. Do you plan to prep it out or leave as is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 THAT is an awesome tooth! 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...
TNCollector Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 This month is gonna be good! That is a beautiful Petalodont Jim, and that hybodont is also super nice Darren! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DE&i Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 Thank you TNCollector unfortunately it has the right and left cusplets missing. But I've only ever found two of these in many years of looking...I'm very pleased with myself. Regards.....D&E&i The only certainty with fossil hunting is the uncertainty. https://lnk.bio/outfossiling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshuajbelanger Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Found April 14th, Hawthorne formation, peace river find(I'm not telling you my secret spot O_o) Paramylodon canine, giant ground sloth, Pliocene through Pleistocene epochs. I don't expect to win this month, but it's still early, and the rivers are still dropping!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DE&i Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Invertebrate. A forewing (tegmin) from the cockroach Nannoblattina sp. Scale bar = 0.5mm Found on 17/03/2016 From the Upper Weald Clay Formation ( Barremian, Lower Cretaceous ) Smokejacks Brickworks pit, Surrey, UK. Approximate Age (Ma) 128.0 to 129.0 I've added my report back about my trip to Smokejacks pit at the link below. To which ill continue to update over the coming weeks.. Smokejacks Quarry Field Trip Regards.....D&E&i The only certainty with fossil hunting is the uncertainty. https://lnk.bio/outfossiling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 (edited) Giant Great White tooth (approx. 2 3/4") Found April 17, 2016 Upper Miocene Tar Sands Deposit Santa Margarita Formation Santa Barbara County, CA. Edited April 19, 2016 by caldigger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcbshark Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 I would like to submit my Pleistocene Mammoth tooth from Florida. Not perfect but about as big as they come from what I've seen I found it on April 16 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...
Vieira Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Congratulations Jcbshark. Your find are fantastic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcbshark Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 (edited) Congratulations Jcbshark. Your find are fantastic thank you so much Filipe : ) Edited April 20, 2016 by jcbshark 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...
Raggedy Man Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 What a month and there's still 10 days left! ...I'm back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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