JohnJ Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 The Winner of the December 2016 Vertebrate Find Of The Month is the partial Chiroptera (bat) dentary from the Late Pleistocene of Florida, U.S.A.! Congratulations to Julianna (old bones) on her first win in the contest and another of her exquisite, tiny discoveries!!! @old bones Thank you to all other members that participated and voted. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 Congratulations Julianna!!! Great find!! (It is about time a micro fossil won this contest!!) 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...
MarcoSr Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 Julianna Congratulations! Micros rock. Real nice bat jaw. Marco Sr. "Any day that you can fossil hunt is a great day." My family fossil website Some Of My Shark, Ray, Fish And Other Micros My Extant Shark Jaw Collection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramon Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 Congratulations, the jaw looks amazing and it's so small!!! "Without fossils, no one would have ever dreamed that there were successive epochs in the formation of the earth" - Georges Cuvier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike from North Queensland Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 Congratulations Julianna on finding such an impressive micro find for fossil of the month. I am partial to the micro fossils. Mike D'Arcy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 I'll echo Tony in saying that it's about time that our old bones wins something here. Congratulations! Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sacha Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 Excellent Julianna. I knew you would break the micro award barrier. Can't imagine you'll stop now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcbshark Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 Beautiful find and congrats on the win Julianna 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 January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 Congratulations Julianna ! Your diligence hunting through micro matrix is remarkable. Beautiful specimen, well done! Ancient Bones ....Mum ' Keep calm and carry on fossiling ' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 Na na na na.. Na na na na... Bat-JAW! Congrats on your win. Your diligence with micros has paid off in an uncharacteristically LARGE way. Great find and thanks for all the info we've learned about micros by following your well-researched finds. Cheers. -Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ancient Bones Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 Julianna has no power ( snowstorm ) will reply as soon as power is restored, thank you. ' Keep calm and carry on fossiling ' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted January 7, 2017 Author Share Posted January 7, 2017 Let her know that her 'power' extends far beyond the snowstorm. Stay safe. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 Congratulations, Julianna! Fantastic find - thanks for helping to keep micros in the spotlight, here. 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...
PFOOLEY Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 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...
sixgill pete Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 Congratulations Julianna. Great find . Definitely nothing to "bat" your eyes at. 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...
abyssunder Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 Sorry to say just in a word : Congratulations! (I've spend one night with bats in (then accessible tower chamber) of the medieval Soimos Castle from Romania , and I was impressed by their calm nocturnal activity and relationship with humans. Probably they don't count our presence in their habitat.) " 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...
old bones Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 The lights came back on... and the HEAT! Lol. Thank you all so much. I really am quite amazed that the tiny bat jaw won given the fantastic competition this month. It is wonderful to have my micro fossil represented in the illustrious collection of VFOTM winners. I am very proud to have that badge beneath my avatar. Julianna 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 Congrats Julianna ! I love your micro-fossil plates and I always thought that bats had to have very attractive teeth ! Now I am sure ! 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...
old bones Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 Thanks, Coco. You would not believe how many individual bat teeth I've found in this 'Frog Toe' matrix. This was the first jawbone with teeth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vieira Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 Congratulations. It's a fantastic fossil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old bones Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 Thank you Felipe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifbrindacier Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 Nice jaw Julianna i'm glad for you. "On ne voit bien que par le coeur, l'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux." (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry) "We only well see with the heart, the essential is invisible for the eyes." In memory of Doren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old bones Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 Thank you, Fifi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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