Cris Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 The winner of the May 2018 VFOTM goes to...the Palaeotherium magnum Skull and Mandible from the Upper Eocene of Southwest France! Congrats to @caterpillar. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 Hi, Congrats Cater ! Wonderful skull and very nice job ! Well deserved ! 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...
caterpillar Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 Thanks all for your votes 1 http://www.paleotheque.fr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcbshark Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 What a beautiful piece, congrats on fotm 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...
old bones Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 Congratulations on this most impressive find and the badge to go with it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 Congratulations on the win! It's a nice specimen. " 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...
Troodon Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 Congratulations, beautiful specimen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max-fossils Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 Well-deserved. Hard to beat such a formidable skull! 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...
ynot Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 Congratulations on the wonderful find, prep and on 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...
Innocentx Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 Utterly fantastic fossil! "Journey through a universe ablaze with changes" Phil Ochs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricardo Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 The other ones were excellent... but this... Well! Congratulations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 Agree, it is an amazing thing to merely make such a find, but then to also have the skills to bring it out of the rock and restore to something fantastic and rare... Nicely done... The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 Congrats! This one wins as much for the outstanding prep job as the awesomeness of the find. Thanks for taking your time to prep this piece so nicely and then sharing it with us. Cheers. -Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ancient Bones Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 Congratulations caterpillar! Awesome find ! Super prep ! ' Keep calm and carry on fossiling ' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike from North Queensland Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 Congratulations on the win and the prep job on a wonderful specimen. Well worth the time spent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 What a great find and prep. Congrats! 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...
Ludwigia Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 A worthy winner! Congratulations! Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 Tres bien. J'ai voter pour le tiens. Un petit croco ou un crane et madibule de mamifere? Il n'y pas de competition, vraiment. Felicitations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caterpillar Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 Thanks all for your comments. Yes it was a big work and yes it was great to share with you. You can see the prep of the mandible in the prep topic. Merci JP pour ton geste. C'est comme ça qu'on reconnait ses amis http://www.paleotheque.fr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 Wow! This really is spectacular! I can only imagine the hours invovled for this! Congradulations x 100 RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paciphacops Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 I'm just amazed that something so nice could be prepped out of that rock. Fantastic job! "Don't force it, just use a bigger hammer" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Amateur Paleontologist Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 Congratulations! That's a really cool skull Opalised fossils are the best: a wonderful mix between paleontology and mineralogy! Q. Where do dinosaurs study? A. At Khaan Academy!... My ResearchGate profile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belemniten Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 Thats a great piece Congrats @caterpillar to that well deserved win !!! I cant believe how you prepped this one Many greetings from Germany ! Have a great time with many fossils Regards Sebastian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caterpillar Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 Me too!! http://www.paleotheque.fr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeargleSchmeargl Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 Now THAT's what I call a bonehead! A skull to die for. Superb! 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...
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