April 2011 Invertebrate / Plant Find Of The Month

[JohnJ]

Stroll through this museum of finds and decide which one deserves the title IPFOTM?

The poll ends on Friday, May 6th. You can also vote in our other Poll HERE.

1. Ulrichicrinus coryphaeus crinoid – (Mississippian) – IL, USA

2. Hemipteran insect part and counterpart (Lower Middle Eocene Allenby Formation) – British Columbia, Canada

3. Eovasum vernoni gastropod – (Eocene Inglis Formation) – FL, USA

4. Orthoceras sp. 30 cm nautiloid cephalopod – (Ordovician age) - Skane, Sweden

5. Monograptus sp. graptolite – (Ordovician age) – Skane, Sweden

6. Sphaerocoryphe cf. arachniformis trilobite – (Ordovician Galena Formation) – MN, USA

7. Exbucklandia oregonensis and other associated plants – (Oligocene Little Butte Volcanic Series) – OR, USA

8. Actinoceras sp. nautiloid – (Ordovician Ottawa Group Limestone) – Ontario, Canada

9. Bryozoan matrix – (Silurian / Devonian Age) – NV, USA

10. Carbonized / Pyritized Plant Fossil Fragment 18mm – (Late Devonian Period Kettle Point Formation) – Ontario, Canada

11. Pyritized Goniatite and branched bryozoans – (Middle Devonian Hamilton Group) – Ontario, Canada

12. Paratrinucleus acervulosus 7+ specimen trilobite plate – (Ordovician Martinsburg Formation) – VA, USA

13. Codiopsis pulchella echinoid – (Lower Cretaceous Glen Rose Formation) – TX, USA

[astron]

It's actually a museum, John!:Bananasaur:

Congratulations to the participants and to TFF

[bear-dog]

:phew: Man,this month will kill you on what to vote for.I'm getting brain cramps just trying to decide.I had to vote for Pleecans entry though as it was an awesome find to me.Looks like something from a sci-fy movie.

[Nandomas]

Great finds, it is incredible... what members find every month :o

[Diplotomodon]

Fossils worthy of the Smithsonian treatment :bow:

That exquisitely preserved fossil got my vote for sure.

[Terry Dactyll]

Some great specimens, Congratulations on the finds and good luck everyone

[Haddy]

Congratulations to all on such nice finds! Very hard to pick just one this month.

[MikeD]

Wow! That was difficult.

[FossilDAWG]

I'm glad four of you liked my trilobite cluster enough to vote for it. Much as it "bugged" me to do it, I had to vote for Paleopix's hemipteran, but there's a bunch of things this month I would be delighted to find. Somehow it seems crass to me to vote for yourself; an old-fashioned sentiment, I know.

Don

Edited May 5, 2011 by FossilDAWG

[chele]

I am not an expert and I know my two cents isn't worth a penny but I have to say I feel guilty for only having to vote for one. I think they are all worthy of find of the month!