December 2017 Invertebrate / Plant Find Of The Month

[Cris]

Check the entries below carefully and cast your vote! PM me if you notice any errors with the entries.

The poll ends January 6th. Be sure to vote in our other FOTM poll, HERE.  

 

1. Undescribed Jacksonechinus sp. Sea Urchin - Upper Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian) - Kasimov town, Ryazan region, Russia

 

2. Pygocardia rustica Shell - Miocene-Pliocene - Beach near Renesse (the Netherlands)

 

3. Hapsiphyllum Corals - Mississippian Elsey Formation - Arkansas, USA

 

4. Abertella dengleri Echinoid- Late Miocene, Peace River Formation - Hardee County, Florida, USA

 

5. Cenoceras Nautiloid - Lower Jurassic - Lias of Lyme Regis, UK

 

6. Brachiopod - Devonian/Carboniferous - NE Oklahoma, USA

 

7. Ectillaennus giganteus Trilobite - Ordovician - La Dominelais, Brittany, France

[MeargleSchmeargl]

Wow inverts are tough this month! Too many to choose!

[Heteromorph]

This is a close one!

[caldigger]

A regular Battle Royale between the echinoid leaders.

[Tidgy's Dad]

This is quite exciting! 

Very, very close between two extraordinary specimens!  

[Miocene_Mason]

Gosh, anyone heard of the old parable in which the donkey starved because he doesn’t know which hay stack to eat from? I feel like like that...

[Tidgy's Dad]

1 hour ago, WhodamanHD said:

Gosh, anyone heard of the old parable in which the donkey starved because he doesn’t know which hay stack to eat from? I feel like like that...

Our poor donkeys get such a hard time.