July 2011 Invertebrate / Plant Find Of The Month

[JohnJ]

Due to the largest number of entrants ever for IPFOTM, this will be one tough competition. Calm yourself and take your time to let us know which one you think is the best find this month?

The poll ends on Friday, August 5th 12th. You can also vote in our other Poll HERE.

1. Meandricampus triangulm crab – (Late Eocene to Early Oligocene Lincoln Creek Formation) – WA, USA

2. Glyptoxoceras sp. heteromorph ammonite – (Upper Cretaceous Ozan Formation) – TX, USA

3. Brasilia sp. crystallized ammonite – (Upper Aalenian Middle Jurassic layers of the Achdorf Formation) - Southwest Germany

4. Natica sp. gastropod – (Eocene Lutetien Formation) – Vic, Barcelona

5. Bivalve and gastropod giant 4.5’ x 2.5’ marine fossil plate – (Cretaceous Hornbrook Formation) – OR, USA

6. Eldredgeops (Phacops) rana trilobite – (Devonian Windom Shale) – NY, USA

7. Palaeonephrops browni lobster – (Cretaceous Bearpaw Formation) – MT, USA

8. Scaphander dertonensis gastropod – (Langhien - Miocene) – France

9. Belotelson shrimp – (Pennsylvanian) – IL, USA

10. Nobiliasaphus nobilis trilobite – (Dariwillian - Ordovician) - south of Rennes, France

11. Tilia fossilensis fossil leaf – (Oligocene Little Butte Volcanic Series) – OR, USA

12. Allocrioceras annulatum heteromorph ammonite – (Cretaceous Britton Formation) – TX, USA

13. Tasmanites algal cysts – (Devonian Hamilton Group) – Ontario, Canada

14. Olenus truncatus trilobite – (Cambrian Andrarum Limestone) – Sweden

15. Spyroceras nuntium cephalopod – (Middle Devonian Moscow Formation) – NY, USA

[JohnJ]

The contest has been extended until this Friday!

[Terry Dactyll]

Very hard month with lots of fantastic entries... Good luck everyone

[JohnJ]

Another day to vote....