JohnJ Posted June 6, 2016 Share Posted June 6, 2016 The Winner of the May 2016 Vertebrate Find Of The Month is the Diprotodon optatum lower jaw from the Pleistocene deposits near Queensland, Australia! Congratulations to Troy (Ash) on his find and informative preparation! This is his second win in the contest! Thanks to all the other members that voted and participated 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 June 6, 2016 Share Posted June 6, 2016 (edited) Congrats Ash, that's one sweet piece! Edited June 6, 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...
Ancient Bones Posted June 6, 2016 Share Posted June 6, 2016 Congratulations Troy ! ' Keep calm and carry on fossiling ' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFOOLEY Posted June 6, 2016 Share Posted June 6, 2016 Congratulations! "I am glad I shall never be young without wild country to be young in. Of what avail are forty freedoms without a blank spot on the map?" ~Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted June 6, 2016 Share Posted June 6, 2016 Just a fabulous find-- congratulations! 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...
Fossildude19 Posted June 6, 2016 Share Posted June 6, 2016 Congratulations, Ash! Excellent fossil, and prep. 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...
abyssunder Posted June 6, 2016 Share Posted June 6, 2016 Congrats,Troy! Excellent find! " 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...
Troodon Posted June 6, 2016 Share Posted June 6, 2016 Congratulations, excellent find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old bones Posted June 6, 2016 Share Posted June 6, 2016 Congratulation, Troy! That is one awesome fossil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted June 6, 2016 Share Posted June 6, 2016 Amazing specimen. Congrats on your second win. 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...
njfossilhunter Posted June 6, 2016 Share Posted June 6, 2016 Congrat's ...what a neat find. TonyThe Brooks Are Like A Box Of Chocolates,,,, You Never Know What You'll Find. I Told You I Don't Have Alzheimer's.....I Have Sometimers. Some Times I Remember And Some Times I Forget.... I Mostly Forget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Thanks guys and gals! Just gotta find a skull now! 1 "Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe" - Saint Augustine"Those who can not see past their own nose deserve our pity more than anything else." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesuslover340 Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 You'll probably find one when I come and visit, knowing my 'luck' Excellent work, Troy! "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...
Manticocerasman Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Congrats Troy growing old is mandatory but growing up is optional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 You'll probably find one when I come and visit, knowing my 'luck' Excellent work, Troy! You mean RIGHT AFTER your visit Heres my last VFOTM winner with this one. Taking them to show a friend so have them both out for that. "Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe" - Saint Augustine"Those who can not see past their own nose deserve our pity more than anything else." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Congrats Ash ! It is a remarkable fossil and a good meticulous preparation. 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...
Vieira Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Congratulations. Fantastic fossil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masonboro37 Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Congrats! Process of identification "mistakes create wisdom". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belemniten Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Awesome found ! Congratulations !! Well deserved Many greetings from Germany ! Have a great time with many fossils Regards Sebastian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welsh Wizard Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Congratulations on finding a classic fossil. How big would the teeth have been Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scylla Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Congrats! Great fossil Ash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Congratulations on finding a classic fossil. How big would the teeth have been Nick Thanks. I took a friend out and he found a complete lower incisor that was just on 8", going off memory it may be about right to fit this one. I'll have to go see (but it's not from the same animal, found in totally different locations.) "Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe" - Saint Augustine"Those who can not see past their own nose deserve our pity more than anything else." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 And thanks everyone "Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe" - Saint Augustine"Those who can not see past their own nose deserve our pity more than anything else." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
izak_ Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 Congratulations ash!!! Very well deserved! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 Yay! Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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