JohnJ Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 The New Year has started off with many excellent discoveries. We hope you find one of your best this month! The objective is to have fun. So carefully read the rules below, and go make some great finds! Entries will be taken through February 28th. 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! The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimB88 Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 Though not as cool as the megs and other vert material that end up here I'll put this up.. Cladodus sp. Bangor Limestone Chesterian (upper Mississippian) found on 2/7/11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obsessed1 Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 This is my entry for this months vertebrate fossil of the month. The tooth was found on January 28th and the prep was finished on February 13th. I brought it back from Ca. with all the matrix that was on it when found to help protect it as much as possible during the flight home. Then I kept trying to decide whether to remove it from the matrix or not. I finally chose to leave it in and am happy with the results. Megs from Bakersfield are rare and even harder to find with complete roots and the tip intact. It even has some nice little waves on the one edge near the root. Even with the enamel peel I consider myself lucky to have this tooth in my collection. Carcharocles megalodon Middle Miocene - Round Mountain Silt Found - 1-28-11 Prep finished - 2-13-11 5 1/16" The shot of when I first saw the tooth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crinoid Queen Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 Nice teeth guys! Hopefully I will find something tomorrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilman7 Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 hey guys, my entry for feb is this nice slab of shells from the ordivician period of cooperstown, ny we went to see family up there and stopped at the baseball hof. i begged my dad to take me to the frozen cold fly creeck river near there. after the hypothermia, i found this piece. many nice shells. i went up at the 11th came back 13th and went digging the 12th of feburary. thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 hey guys, my entry for feb is this nice slab of shells from the ordivician period of cooperstown, ny we went to see family up there and stopped at the baseball hof. i begged my dad to take me to the frozen cold fly creeck river near there. after the hypothermia, i found this piece. many nice shells. i went up at the 11th came back 13th and went digging the 12th of feburary. thank you. True spirit of courageous fossil hunting. Great find Fossilman7 and thank you for showing and telling! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdevey Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 Thought I'd put this in the contest. Pleuromya sp & Cardium sp Cretaceous Hornbrook Fm Found 2/5/11 Prep finished 2/19/11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wally Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 (edited) Picture 1 of findings 18/02/2011 "Arrhoges speciosus" (Schlotheim 1820) Terhagen clay member Rupelian/Oligocene Niel/Belgium Although I collect shark teeth,I like also shell material! Walter Edited February 21, 2011 by wally Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wally Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 picture 2 findings 18/02/2011 "Dentalium kickxi" (Nyst,1845) Terhagen clay member Rupeliaan/Oligocene Niel/Belgium Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wally Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Pictures 3 findings 18/02/2011 "Nuculana deshayesiana" (Nyst,1835) Terhagen clay member Rupelian/Oligocene Niel/Belgium Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Thought I'd put this in the contest. Pleuromya sp & Cardium sp Cretaceous Hornbrook Fm Found 2/5/11 Prep finished 2/19/11 Beauties Bdevey !! ORE-ROCK-ON !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 I think I'll put something in this month. Actinostreon marshii (Sowerby 1814) used to have the genus name Lopha but it is assumed nowadays that this mollusc is not related to the modern day Lophas. The old oysters of this type are presently placed under the family of the Palaeolophidae, which was suggested by Malchus in 1990. I found this one a while back in the Sauzei Zone of the lower Bajocian at Kahlenberg in southwest Germany, but just got around to prepping it over the last couple of days. The shell is complete and I managed to free it up completely so one has a good all-round view of its anatomy. It measures 9x7x3cm. It can be seen in the third picture that a serpula took up residence. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilman7 Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 all right i wasn't going to start the prep for this this month, but i just couldn't wait. here is the story. last summer, my family and i ( including papa and grandma) went to israel. it was amzzzing. then, my family went back home, while my grandparents and i flew to europe. since i am jewish, i went to multiple holacuast memmorial sites in poland and germany. then, the last day, while in a hotel in germany, i was done packing and didn't have to go to the airport for another 6 hours. my grandparentsn took a nap, so i went behind the hotel to esplore.(not missspelled. there was a small rocky outcrop where i heard people found some interesting jurassic stuff. after 30 mins. i was going go back when, i chased a squirrel like the little boy i was and there it was, half covered under a rock. this amazing ammonite from jurassic germany. i wasn't going to start to prep it til next month, but i just couldn't wait. i spent a couple day. (feb.17-21) removing small pieces of rock and dust. these two(one full, other covered by some rock) are great condition. thanks and good luck to everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astron Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 Hello everyone. I participate in this process with 3 entries, one for verts and two for I-P. Maybe one in each category is better but I don't know what to choose and on the other hand the joy of the participation counts. If something is out of the rules I accept undoubtedly any correction. My first entry is the late miocene fish spratelloides gracillis found on 13 Feb. 11 in middle Crete island, Greece Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astron Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 (edited) My second entry is a late miocene worker ant camponotus sp 7 mm found on 13 Feb. 11 in middle Crete island, Greece. Close to the fossil is a contemporary ant. Edited February 22, 2011 by astron Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astron Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 (edited) ...and my third entry is a late miocene scleractinian coral piece well showing the inner structure of the species. It was found in a new road cut in middle Crete island, Greece on the 20 Jan. 11 and its prep was completed on 01 Feb.11. Good luck everybody . Best regards Astrinos Edited February 22, 2011 by astron Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreekCrawler Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 (edited) Here is my entry: Found 2-6-2011 Associated partial Mosasaurus hind flipper Upper Cretaceous Taylor group Ozan formation Edited February 23, 2011 by CreekCrawler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracer Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 oh, i wasn't expecting this! <facepalm> john, double bear-dog dare ya to tell him he can only enter one of the bones this month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted February 24, 2011 Author Share Posted February 24, 2011 oh, i wasn't expecting this! <facepalm> john, double bear-dog dare ya to tell him he can only enter one of the bones this month. :D :D :D my entry: associated emoticons The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreekCrawler Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 :D :D :D my entry: associated emoticons ROTFL, seriously ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astron Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 Here is my entry: Found 2-6-2011 Associated partial Mosasaurus hind flipper Upper Cretaceous Taylor group Ozan formation Impressive finds Congratulations Best wishes Astrinos Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 (edited) Here's mine. Collected 21st Feb'. Gastropod, 49mm tall, and barnacles, Pliocene, Red Crag, Walton on the Naze, Essex, England. Searlesia costifera and Balanus sp. close-up of some of the barnacles. F.O.V. 10mm. Edited February 25, 2011 by Bill KOF, Bill. Welcome to the forum, all new members www.ukfossils check it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosmoceras Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 A small belemnite found on the 24th of February 2011. It is 4 cm in lengh and it is of the early Jurassic period. It was found in my back garden in the gravel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nandomas Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 (edited) Here my entry: Flat Belemnite DUVALIA The fossil was in 3 pieces, the first one was found in 2005, the others in 2008, I did clue together last week Here the story Duvalia sp., Cretaceous, Hauterivian, Haute Provence, France Edited February 28, 2011 by Nandomas Erosion... will be my epitaph! http://www.paleonature.org/ https://fossilnews.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossiladdict Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Here is my entry: Found 2-6-2011 Associated partial Mosasaurus hind flipper Upper Cretaceous Taylor group Ozan formation Sweet, sweet, double awesome and very cool! Fossils are simply one of the coolest things on earth--discovering them is just marvelous! Makes you all giddy inside! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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