Auspex Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Let's give this a go! Entries will be taken through July 31st. Please let us know if you have any questions, and thanks for sharing more of your fossils and research this month. To view the Winning Fossils from past contests visit the Find Of The Month Winner's Gallery. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Rules for The Fossil Forum's Vertebrate and Invertebrate/Plant Find of the Month Contests 1. You find a great Vertebrate Fossil or Invertebrate/Plant Fossil! Only fossils found by you. 2. Post your entry in the Find of the Month topic. Use a separate post for each entry. 3. Your Fossil must have been found during the Month of the Contest, or the significant Preparation of your Fossil must have been completed during the Month of the Contest. 4. You must include the Date of your Discovery or the Date of Preparation Completion. 5. You must include the common or scientific name. 6. You must include the Geologic Age or Geologic Formation where the Fossil was found. 7. Play fair. No bought fossils. Shortly after the end of the Month, separate Polls will be created for the Vertebrate and Invertebrate/Plant Find of the Month. The maximum entries allowed by the Polling software will be selected for each contest by the staff. In addition to the fun of a contest, we also want to learn more about the Fossils. So, only entries posted with a CLEAR photo and that meet the other guidelines will be placed into the Poll. Within a few days, we will know the two winning Finds of the Month! Now, go find your fossil, do your research, and make an entry! "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astron Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Oh, Chas! Heavy weight... Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KansasFossilHunter Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 (edited) Thanks for putting this together Auspex!! Here's my entery for the month: An ultra-rare baby Xiphactinus fish jaw! Found- July 10th Scientific name- Xiphactinus audax Common name- (Baby) giant fish!! Late Cretaceous, Niobrara Formation, Smoky Hill Chalk, Western Kansas, Gove county Length of jaw- 4cm Here you can see the only other one (bottom of the page)- http://oceansofkansas.com/xiphac.html The fish would only have been about 1ft long in life (.3 meters), while the adults could grow up to 20ft (6 meters)! Thanks for Reading -Kris Attached pics. -The jaw - Adult jaw compaired to baby jaw This is truly a one of a kind fish! Update: Mike Everhart (adjunct curator of paleontology at the sternberg museum) recently said "Nice.... A very young Xiphactinus.... and very rare in the chalk..." From a guy that's seen it all, that's pretty cool! Edited August 2, 2012 by NiobraraFossilHunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosmoceras Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 They are great! I will add a serpulid to the list, it is about 5cm in length. Annelid Worm: Serpula sulcata - (attached to a gryphaea shell) Geological Age: Jurassic. 157 myo. Stratigraphic Detail: Middle Oxford Clay Locality: Yaxley, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, UK Date of Discovery: 12/7/12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted July 17, 2012 Author Share Posted July 17, 2012 Now we're cookin'! Two beautiful entries; one for each category. Keep 'em coming! "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnderwaterHunter Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 (edited) Vertebrate Fossil Found - April 27, 2012. Prep Completed July 11, 2012 Mammoth Molar in Jaw Bone Location: Venice FL, “Bone Yard” Scubadiving The one on the Left weighs 12lbs and the right is 15lbs. Edited July 21, 2012 by UnderwaterHunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 (edited) Well, I can see it's going to be another one of those months. Again. Heads it's the fish, tails it's the mammoth... Don Edited July 18, 2012 by FossilDAWG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeloiVarden Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 Glad I didn't enter my fossil, doesn't stand a chance with these great entries. That is a good thing though. I can't wait to see what else other folks have to offer this month. Best wishes for all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pleecan Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 (edited) Found July 15, 2012 Prince Edward County ON Canada ID by Kevin Brett as Flexicalymene croneisi from Cobourg formation Late Ordovician Found it buried in a pile of rotted shale at Road site cut. http://www.worthpoin...r-canada-rare-l Edited August 8, 2012 by pleecan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caleb Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Found July 15, 2012 Prince Edward County ON Canada ID by Kevin Brett as Flexicalymene croneis from Cobourg formation Late Ordovician Found it buried in a pile of rotted shale at Road site cut. http://www.worthpoin...r-canada-rare-l Now that's a pretty sweet and rare find, congrats! Caleb Midwestpaleo.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pleecan Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Thanks Caleb! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carcharodontosaurus Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Nice finds so far. I know I'll be hard pressed to find a winner... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frenchtrilobite Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Hello ! Here is my find for this month : Found the 7th july, finished to be prepared the 19th. My new website : http://www.trilobite.fr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeymig Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 (edited) DEVONIAN BRITTLE STAR, CRINOID, AND PYRITIZED NAUTILOID. NEW YORK Found this on 3/21/2012 and it was prepared on 7/19/2012. I posted a topic ( Do you see what I see) on this specimen before the prep work. Thanks Mikey Edited July 25, 2012 by mikeymig Many times I've wondered how much there is to know. led zeppelin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raistlin Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 (edited) Well I will do my best. I hope I do it right. I am very proud of this find. Found 7/21/2012 Blue Shawnee creek, Cape Girardeau county Missouri Devonian Phacopidae Paciphacops Found it in the creek gravel the prep is natural. Fossil is in chert. Edited July 23, 2012 by Raistlin RobertSoutheast, MO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KansasFossilHunter Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 Three sweet Trilos! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astron Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 (edited) Hello all. Nice finds everyone to date and the month is still young!!! I know that my two entries that are following (in this and in the next post) can't reach so high but they are possibly my best for this month and they worth the joy of the participation. Both are marine, first representatives of these species in my collection and with no exact id. My apologies for this. I have searched on this thread in my available papers without any result. I didn't find them described in my island, as well. Attached to this post is the pic of my first participation. It's about a 7 cm long crayfish found on 02 of July in the late miocene sediments of middle Crete island, Greece. Edited July 24, 2012 by astron Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astron Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 And here is my second participation. It's about a 15 cm long strange pipefish found on 22 of July in the late miocene sediments of middle Crete island, Greece. Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pleecan Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 Very Nice interesting finds Astron! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted July 23, 2012 Author Share Posted July 23, 2012 FF members have had another excellent month! Don't be shy; put your best finds forward! "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astron Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 (edited) Very kind of you, Peter!!! The fish is actually a puzzle... Your trilo is amazingly detailed, the hole bug team powerful and the rest of the finds excellent!!! A battle is on the road and what's still back.... Edited July 23, 2012 by astron Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosmoceras Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 Fish Fin Bedfordshire, England Lower Chalk (Middle Cenomanian) (A.rhotomagenese Zone) Grey Chalk Cretaceous 70 - 90 myo Found 1st July Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CH4ShotCaller Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 I'm gonna throw the dice and give it a shot! Pulalius Vulgaris, Invertebrate, Decapod Lincoln Creek Formation, Oligocene SW Washington State, USA Prep started July 4th, 2012 - July 23, 2012 Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new. -Albert Einstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CH4ShotCaller Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 Wanted to add another angle of the same... Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new. -Albert Einstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinopaleus Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 (edited) Here's my best find. A golden plate of pyritized plants from the far east Ferns are exceedingly rare in the formation, so this definitely did make it one of the best finds! Pyritized Plant Slab, Upper Carboniferous (Mississippian), Huiyu, Mentougou, Beijing, China Edited July 31, 2012 by Sinopaleus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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