JohnJ Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 The Winner of the June 2016 Vertebrate Find Of The Month is the Heliobatus radians stingray from the Eocene Green River Formation of Wyoming, U.S.A.! For his first win in the contest, I offer my congratulations to Seth (sseth) on his world class preparation and discovery of such an exquisite specimen! 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...
sixgill pete Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 Congratulations Seth. A truly fabulous stingray. 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...
FossilDudeCO Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 Congrats Seth, a fantastic find and a wonderful prep! Keep em' coming! -Blake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilized6s Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 Beautiful find and prep, Seth! Congratulations! ~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...
Ancient Bones Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 Congratulations Seth ! ' Keep calm and carry on fossiling ' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 Congratulations on the wonderful ray and prep! Oh yah, on the win also!! 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...
Mike from North Queensland Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 Congratulations on a nice specimen Mike D'Arcy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 Congrats Seth. So far I knew the quality of these fossils only from the Lebanon ! 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...
Ludwigia Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 Really something special! Congratulations! Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triceratops Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 Amazing fossil, congratulations Seth! -Lyall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Russell Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 Congratulations!! What a beautiful fossil! Finding my way through life; one fossil at a time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 (edited) Thoroughly deserved,Seth. That's museum quality work you did ,there. Kudos also to the fossil itself, for deciding to fossilize in a world-famous Eocene lagerstatt Edited July 7, 2016 by doushantuo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcbshark Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 Congrats Seth, that's an awesome piece! : ) 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...
sseth Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 Thank you all very much for the kind words. It is always very exciting to find something like this. _____________________________________ Seth www.fossilshack.com www.americanfossil.com www.fishdig.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old bones Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 Lovely stingray, Seth! Congratulations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 Congrats! Heliobatis are one of those rare finds from the Green River Formation that I can only dream of finding. I've seen a few up close and they are stunning fossils. Great work putting that one back together again--well worth the effort. Cheers. -Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori LuvsFossils Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 I completely missed the whole voting process or you would have had one more vote. Congrats! Now to find one for Blakes collection. ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 Congrats on not only a super find, but the prep work you do is truly amazing. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sseth Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 I completely missed the whole voting process or you would have had one more vote. Congrats! Now to find one for Blakes collection. ;-) I think Blake is going to come up and do a bit of digging with us. _____________________________________ Seth www.fossilshack.com www.americanfossil.com www.fishdig.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sseth Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 Congrats on not only a super find, but the prep work you do is truly amazing. RB Thank you for the kind words. _____________________________________ Seth www.fossilshack.com www.americanfossil.com www.fishdig.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 Beautiful! Congrats for the find, Seth ! " 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...
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