Cris Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 The winner of the April 2018 IPFOTM goes to...the Euproops Xiphosuran from the Late Carboniferous of Piesberg quarry, near Osnabrück, Germany! Congrats to @paleoflor! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 Congratulations on the wonderful find and the win! 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...
Tidgy's Dad Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 Congratulations! You were neck and neck with an equally wonderful specimen for a while, but your find was quite splendid! Beautiful fossil. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 Congratulations, Tim! Great fossil! 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...
minnbuckeye Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 @paleoflorAs much as I was hoping to win, the prize went to the fossil that deserved it the most. Would I trade you even up for your find. Of course I would. That verifies that you were the deserving one. Lets compete again next month! Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 Nice fossil,Tim! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 6 minutes ago, minnbuckeye said: Lets compete again next month! Mike Get to swinging that hammer Mike, I want you to find that drool worthy item before he does. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minnbuckeye Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 Get to swinging that hammer Mike, I want you to find that drool worthy item before he does. @caldigger, already found that nice isotelus trilobite. Hoping to find better so not entering it yet. I see you are already posted a beautiful tooth in this month's competition. Good luck. It should place high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 Congratulations Tim! Although it's not a plant (obviously) it's a great find! Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max-fossils Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 Gorgeous find!!! Congratulations! Max Derème "I feel an echo of the lightning each time I find a fossil. [...] That is why I am a hunter: to feel that bolt of lightning every day." - Mary Anning >< Remarkable Creatures, Tracy Chevalier Instagram: @world_of_fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 Congrats ! 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...
paleoflor Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 Thanks to all for the congratulations! 5 hours ago, Tidgy's Dad said: [...] You were neck and neck with an equally wonderful specimen for a while [...] Definitely and rightfully so! That Reptaria stolonifera was esthetically very pleasing, a natural work of art. Tough competition. 5 hours ago, minnbuckeye said: As much as I was hoping to win, the prize went to the fossil that deserved it the most. Would I trade you even up for your find. Of course I would. That verifies that you were the deserving one. Lets compete again next month! Thanks, Mike, and let's! May you find next month's winner. 5 hours ago, caldigger said: Get to swinging that hammer Mike, I want you to find that drool worthy item before he does. Haha, well you make no secret of your allegiances... 4 hours ago, FossilDAWG said: Congratulations Tim! Although it's not a plant (obviously) it's a great find! Thanks, Don. Must admit that I have mixed feelings about winning the IPFOTM, for the first time, by entering a non-plant fossil for a change, also for the first time. My plant fossil entries never fared this well... In a way winning feels a bit like abandoning my fossil roots (quite literally, haha). On the other hand, I'm exceedingly happy with this arthropod and its election as IPFOTM! Finds like this one do persuade me to broaden my scope a bit... 2 Searching for green in the dark grey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 A very nice bug indeed! Congrats! “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesuslover340 Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 Very nice specimen! Congrats! "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...
old bones Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 Congratulations, Tim! Beautiful bug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevonianDigger Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 Congrats!!! Jay A. Wollin Lead Fossil Educator - Penn Dixie Fossil Park and Nature Reserve Hamburg, New York, USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 Yay! Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolmt Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 Nice bug and worthy of the win..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeargleSchmeargl Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 Even though I didn't win for (is this the fifth time I've entered now...?), it was obvious this bug deserved it. Congrats! Well, just like @paleoflor said, I'll just have to broaden my scope! 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...
RJB Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 Congrats Tim. Nice fossil for sure! RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 Go figure...congrats. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcbshark Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 Beautiful piece, congrats on the win 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...
Bobby Rico Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 Great bug Tim congratulations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 Congratulations! I was biting my nails for awhile on this one when it was so close! But I’m a sucker for horseshoe crabs. "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...
Mike from North Queensland Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 Nice squashed bug congratulations. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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