digit Posted April 13, 2019 Posted April 13, 2019 The winner of the March 2019 VFOTM goes to... A pair of worthy finds that finished in a dead heat!!! Capybara skull - Pleistocene - Brazos River, Texas Congrats to @garyc!!! Lepidotes mantelli fish - Valanginian, Early Cretaceous - Sussex, UK Congrats to @Birdman!!! 4
Tidgy's Dad Posted April 13, 2019 Posted April 13, 2019 Congratulations to you both. The way that vote went it would have been very cruel for there to have been a loser. Beautiful finds. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend.
MSirmon Posted April 13, 2019 Posted April 13, 2019 Congratulations to the both of you. Beautiful specimens!
ynot Posted April 13, 2019 Posted April 13, 2019 Congratulations to both of the worthy winning fossils!
Troodon Posted April 13, 2019 Posted April 13, 2019 We should have multiple winners every month but these are both cool specimens congrat to both of you.
digit Posted April 13, 2019 Author Posted April 13, 2019 5 minutes ago, Troodon said: We should have multiple winners every month We do in a way--our members enter some lovely and drool-worthy specimens each month. Without sounding too much like the "everybody gets a trophy" fad that has recently been watering down competitions for our younger generation, I enjoy seeing all of the entries each month as a gallery of the diverse finds that our members are discovering each month. I always say that all who enter are winners but only one gets the digital award for the month--in this case it was easy to make an exception to that rule to split this month's award between two distinctly different finds that both deserve some extra recognition. Looks like this year's FOTY competition will contain a baker's dozen of entries to choose from making that choice just a bit more difficult to make. Cheers. -Ken 1
Ludwigia Posted April 13, 2019 Posted April 13, 2019 Both deserve the laurels! Great finds! Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/
Troodon Posted April 13, 2019 Posted April 13, 2019 50 minutes ago, digit said: We do in a way--our members enter some lovely and drool-worthy specimens each month. Without sounding too much like the "everybody gets a trophy" fad that has recently been watering down competitions for our younger generation, I enjoy seeing all of the entries each month as a gallery of the diverse finds that our members are discovering each month. I always say that all who enter are winners but only one gets the digital award for the month--in this case it was easy to make an exception to that rule to split this month's award between two distinctly different finds that both deserve some extra recognition. Looks like this year's FOTY competition will contain a baker's dozen of entries to choose from making that choice just a bit more difficult to make. Cheers. -Ken Very true
Coco Posted April 13, 2019 Posted April 13, 2019 Hi, Congrats to you both. Two fantastic fossils ! I don't think we had capybara in Europe. Coco ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Paréidolie : [url=https://www.thefossilforum.com/topic/144611-pareidolia-explanations-and-examples/#comment-1520032]here[/url] 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...
fossilus Posted April 13, 2019 Posted April 13, 2019 Both are nice! Rare! Beautiful? Maybe not too pretty but I would love to be the finder of each of these!
garyc Posted April 13, 2019 Posted April 13, 2019 Thanks everyone and congrats to @Birdmanas well. Very cool fish. Although, I think my capybara would eat it for breakfast!! 1
Max-fossils Posted April 14, 2019 Posted April 14, 2019 A tie! Wow! Two absolutely incredible finds, congrats to the both of you!!! 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
jcbshark Posted April 14, 2019 Posted April 14, 2019 Congrats to you both, stunning finds for sure Every once in a great while it's not just a big rock down there!
abyssunder Posted April 14, 2019 Posted April 14, 2019 Congrats! " 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
FossilDAWG Posted April 14, 2019 Posted April 14, 2019 Congratulations to both winners! Both fossils are exceptional, so this is an excellent outcome. Don
Mike from North Queensland Posted April 16, 2019 Posted April 16, 2019 Congratulations to you both with two desirable specimens. Mike
Birdman Posted April 16, 2019 Posted April 16, 2019 Oh wow. I just found out. This makes me really happy. Big thank you to everyone. I'm chuffed. And my congrats to GaryC for his great find making joint FOTM. 1
Fossildude19 Posted April 17, 2019 Posted April 17, 2019 Congratulations, everyone! Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 IPFOTM -- MAY - 2024 _________________________________________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me
Mark Kmiecik Posted April 18, 2019 Posted April 18, 2019 Congratulations. Mark. Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them!
MeargleSchmeargl Posted April 28, 2019 Posted April 28, 2019 Woah, a tie! never seen that before! Every single fossil you see is a miracle set in stone, and should be treated as such.
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