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August 2010 Invertebrate/plant Find Of The Month

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August 2010 Invertebrate/plant Find Of The Month  

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  1. 1. Place your vote for the Invertebrate/Plant Find of the Month.

    • Dolichoharpes reticulatus trilobite ? (Ordovician Platteville Formation) ? WI, USA
      21
    • Unidentified bivalve ? (Late Cretaceous) ? CA, USA
      1
    • Xanthilites macrodactylus var. pyrenaicus crab ? (Eocene Ilerdian stage) ? Aragon, Spain
      5
    • Inoceramus sp. clam ? (Late Cretaceous) ? CO, USA
      0
    • Thaleops laurentiana trilobite ? (Ordovician Verulam Formation) ? Ontario, Canada
      4
    • Unidentified trilobite ? (Devonian Hungry Hollow Formation) ? Ontario, Canada
      7
    • Clavatula asperulata var. tortonica gastropod ? (Miocene Burdigalian stage) - France
      23
    • Goniopygus sp. echinoid ? (Lower Cretaceous Albian series) ? southern Europe
      5

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Several awesome fossils have crept out of the past. Which will be your choice for The Find of the Month?

The poll ends on Sunday, September 5th. You can also vote in our other Poll HERE.

1. Dolichoharpes reticulatus trilobite – (Ordovician Platteville Formation) – WI, USA

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2. Unidentified bivalve – (Late Cretaceous) – CA, USA

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3. Xanthilites macrodactylus var. pyrenaicus crab – (Eocene Ilerdian stage) – Aragon, Spain

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4. Inoceramus sp. clam – (Late Cretaceous) – CO, USA

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5. Thaleops laurentiana trilobite – (Ordovician Verulam Formation) – Ontario, Canada

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6. Unidentified trilobite – (Devonian Hungry Hollow Formation) – Ontario, Canada

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7. Clavatula asperulata var. tortonica gastropod – (Miocene Burdigalian stage) - France

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8. Goniopygus sp. echinoid – (Lower Cretaceous Albian series) – southern Europe

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Terry Dactyll Regular Member

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Tough Month..... Good Luck Everyone.... The Gastropod is so 'crisp' and still being in matrix..... It gets my vote.....

Cheers Steve... And Welcome if your a New Member... :)

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Many good candidates this month. Tough choices.:blink:

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frozen_turkey Regular Member

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Kinda confused why he labled mine as a clam. I thought that clams have 2 shells whill mine only has one?

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Frozen,

The other half wasn't preserved or is still out there. BTW, that would have made a nice Cretaceous chowder back in the day! :D

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Frozen,

The other half wasn't preserved or is still out there. BTW, that would have made a nice Cretaceous chowder back in the day! :D

Acryzona

But none of the the stuff i found (even the well perserved ones) dont have a bottum shell. But anyway it is a huge freaken shell.

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A very tough choice this month, good job everybody! :D

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But none of the the stuff i found (even the well perserved ones) dont have a bottum shell. But anyway it is a huge freaken shell.

frozen, check out these images. You may be able to get a species ID from some of the links and you can also see complete specimens. :)

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frozen, check out these images. You may be able to get a species ID from some of the links and you can also see complete specimens. :)

I tottaly see what you mean now........dont i feel stupid. :mellow:

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JimB88 Regular Member

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wow! tough choices, still nostalgia for the 'good ole' days of fossil hunting in the 90's makes the choice for me. Im a sucker for good memories :D

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kolleamm Regular Member

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the unidentified trilobite from number 6 almost looks like a crinoid, i know its not but, sure looks like one

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Had to go with the harpes trilo. Man, I wish I had one of those. I'm looking to expand my trilo collection. I'd rather trade then have to buy. Some thing out there are just too expensive for me right now.

All great entries!

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Ordovician_Odyssey Regular Member

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wow gastropod gets my vote but the others are still very nice

-Shamus

The Ordovician enthusiast.

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MOROPUS Regular Member

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Sorry MB and Eureka!

I really loooove gasteropods, and the Clavathula is one of my favorites...In fact, I have one from Poland:

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Sorry MB and Eureka!

I really loooove gasteropods, and the Clavathula is one of my favorites...In fact, I have one from Poland:

Sorry! I forgot the pic!

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I know is less ornated, but still beautifull!

By the way, I have an enourmous, complete and nice Pecten (Iacobinus?/Benedictinus?)I collected during my holidays in August. The thing is, that I still haven`t take any pic of it, because is still in the collecting box (I haven`t got enough time to do nothing with the fossils).

Could I post it in the September invert find? It will be with no cleaning... :unsure:

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Eureka Regular Member

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Hi Moropus,

You made the right choice ;) ...it is a great specimen. From my point of view, one of the best findings of August.......and it might be the winner (fair winner).

Eureka

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Man, that was a hard choice, but I went for a Trilo I've met once before in the end. I fell in love with him right away.

 

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