ynot Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 --Ynot and Tony-et al- Too many good things this month!!! which one to vote for? 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...
MeargleSchmeargl Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 --Ynot and Tony-et al- Too many good things this month!!! which one to vote for? Tony So much competition, so few winners. I guess that is the excitement of it Every single fossil you see is a miracle set in stone, and should be treated as such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 They're all winners in my book [diplomatic answer]. However, it's good to have a lot of choices and there's still another week to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 Darren & Elliot, The Oxford Clay is certainly being good to you this month! Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 I sure am glad that I've been too busy this month to find any fossils--the competition here is way out of my league. There are so many drool-worthy fossils submitted already (and another week to go) that my brain may melt trying to select a winner. Congrats to all the entrants, you are all winners in my book. Cheers. -Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strepsodus Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 Hi. Here's my Invertebrate entry. I found it in Mappleton, UK on the 23rd of July. I found it in Boulder clay which was formed in the ice age but it would have originally have come from Jurassic rocks. Belemnites are not my speciality but TqB who knows more about belemnites than I do said: "Number 12 is definitely a very interesting and rather rare belemnite (my speciality ). It seems to be one that is known from just one horizon at the top of the Sinemurian (Aplanatum Subzone) and you can find it in situ at Robin Hoods Bay (if the bed isn't covered with sand). Yours may have derived from closer beds of the same age - there are some in South Yorkshire but not well exposed. It doesn't seem to have a valid name at present but has been recorded as Coeloteuthis palliata (Dumortier) which it resembles. That one is from much higher up though, towards the top of the Lower Pliensbachian, so it's probably a different species if not genus. I'm astonished it survived the Boulder Clay transportation!" Daniel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDudeCO Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 Wow this is getting heated! LOTS LOTS LOTS of entries!!! Keep it up guys and gals!! Best of luck to EVERYONE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raggedy Man Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 Here is my entry for the IPFOTM contest. Grapolite with rare 3-dimensional preservation. Graptolite Amplexograptus maxwelli(Decker1935) Elgin Member,Maquoketa Formation-Richmond Group Upper Ordovician Fillmore County, MN Found:July 11th, 2016 Best regards, Paul 1 ...I'm back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guguita2104 Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 Here is my entry for the IPFOTM contest. Grapolite with rare 3-dimensional preservation. Grapolite MN July11,2016.JPG 001.JPG 001 - Copy.JPG Graptolite Amplexograptus maxwelli(Decker1935) Elgin Member,Maquoketa Formation-Richmond Group Upper Ordovician Fillmore County, MN Found:July 11th, 2016 Best regards, Paul Stunning,Paul ! Great entries this month! Regards, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeargleSchmeargl Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 The heat is real. This forum has turned from a sedimentary rock to igneous! Lol. Keep it up! Every single fossil you see is a miracle set in stone, and should be treated as such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 (edited) I'll enter another Australian, but an invert this time Found on the 21/07/2016. Cotton Formation, Cotton Hill Quarry, Forbes, New South Wales, Australia. Early Silurian Odontopleura (Sinespinaspis) markhami (positive and negative are same specimen) Edited July 27, 2016 by JohnJ (contest photos uploaded to TFF) "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 July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 I'll be posting two VFOTM entries, as I really cannot decide between the two... First up is a croc jaw from the Pleistocene of Queensland, Australia, found the 25th of this month. Species is most likely Pallimnarchus pollens "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...
Jesuslover340 Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 (edited) My last one is a pretty exciting find, also from the Pleistocene of Queensland, Australia. Found it the same day as the croc jaw Pending species identification, but it is a rare Dromornithid ungual (claw) Edited July 27, 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...
sandgroper Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 These are terrific finds, I especially like the croc jaw, great stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 I'll be posting two VFOTM entries, as I really cannot decide between the two... First up is a croc jaw from the Pleistocene of Queensland, Australia, found the 25th of this month. Species is most likely Pallimnarchus pollens 1469603737323_0376724686_b9e0d3a7.jpg1469603737323_0285062448_b9e0d3a7.jpg Hey JL, That is one big crock!!! 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...
saysac Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 (edited) Identified as Sphenopteris by others on this forum. Carboniferous, Pennsylvanian, Northeast Ohio Found 7/6/16 Edited July 27, 2016 by saysac Sherry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guguita2104 Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 This month was so "fossiliferous" for me (and for what I can see not only for me, but for all of you ), that this week I've been thinking about wich invert I should post on this contest.Today I took a decision.So, my entry for the the invert FOTM is a fossiliferous rock, containing reefal fauna.Reefal fauna-scleractinian colonial/solitary coral, sponge borings (Entobia ???) or encrusted sponges (can someone clarify it?).Malm layers, probably Kimmerdgian.Serra d'Aire e Candeeiros.I'm unsure about the day (sorry about that ), but I think I found it on the 21st July.Close-ups:Colonial coral (with septa still visible)Sponge borings or encrusted spongeIsastreid, I think (feel free to correct me). Scleractinian solitary coral Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belemniten Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 (edited) I decide to try to win ( ) this another time with my recent fish find. I found this fossil on the 16th, July, 2016. Its a bony fish named Leptolepis bronni with a length of 7 cm from the early Toarcian in Holzmaden. The fish is a bit worn but whole exemplars are very rare altough its one of the most common fish specimen in the "Unterer Stein" (layer in Holzmaden). Edited July 28, 2016 by belemniten Many greetings from Germany ! Have a great time with many fossils Regards Sebastian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 It's hard to choose every month but this month is gonna send me crazy(er) John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLB Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 (edited) Prepared in the month of July found summer of 2013Aturia (nautilus)Lincoln creek formationLate Eocene early Oligocene before and after pics Edited July 29, 2016 by JohnJ entry posts merged Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrfisherman Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 (edited) Hello All! Here is a pair of fused Mosasaur terminal vertebrae that I would like to submit for consideration. This fused pair shows much more detail than any of the other 25 or so Verts I've found here at the North Sulphur River. This 4-shot view shows various angles of the vertebrae. thank you all for viewing and happy hunting to you all! Mitchell North Texas - North Sulphur River - upper end above the 2990 bridge Found July 4, 2016 Cretaceous Campanian Taylor Group Ozan Formation Edited July 29, 2016 by wrfisherman Mitchell Don't Sit Still - - You'll Fossilize! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeargleSchmeargl Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 I doubt I'm gonna win, looking at the competition...lol. Good luck to all who entered! Every single fossil you see is a miracle set in stone, and should be treated as such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 Love the fish! "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...
Sylvestersen Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 Small fish Formation: Fur Formation, Denmark Member: Knudeklint Member Sediment: Clayish diatomite Age: Early Eocene (Ypresian), 55,5 - 55,2 million years Date of find: July 20., 2016 Family: argentinidae This small fish was found in the Fur Formation, approximately 1 meter below a volcanic ash layer there have been radiometric dated to be 55,14 million years old. The counterpart 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 Love those fish! "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...
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