JohnJ Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Well after a slight delay, the July contest is finally wrapped up, and I'm sure everyone used the time The Forum was down to find some awesome fossils. So, show us your best finds and share what you know about them! The objective is to have fun. So carefully read the rules below, and go make some great finds! Entries will be taken through August 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! The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Here is my all-time best ever plant fossil find. Collected August 7, 2011. As most of you know, flowers are quite rare in the fossil record. The glassy silicified chert that this split pair is preserved in makes it jump off the matrix with sharply detailed features. At just over 1-1/2 inches this is close to maximum size for the taxon. As with other plants from this particular flora layer, the matrix is a dark purple color when split and turns light within moments as the water content quickly evaporates. The crown jewel of all of my collecting efforts to date will hopefully stand a chance against all of the other exciting and wonderful entries this month. Enjoy! Florissantia speirii Little Butte Volcanic Series Oligocene, North-Central Oregon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted August 12, 2011 Author Share Posted August 12, 2011 That is spectacular, Scott! The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pleecan Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Super find Scott! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 (edited) Amazing Scott! What a beauty! I know where my vote will go! Regards, Edited August 13, 2011 by Fossildude19 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 IPFOTM -- MAY - 2024 _________________________________________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roz Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 WOW! I would think that flowers are on the rarer side.. A great find.... Welcome to the forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palaeopix Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 Wow, nice one Scott! What an amazing find in a most peculiar matrix, starts off purple then turns white, very cool! Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 Wow...... thank you all so much. I really appreciate the nice comments! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeD Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 Oh, my! Beautiful! That will be hard to beat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmorefossil Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 look its smiling. Pretty awesome if you ask me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleoPutz Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 One of the nicer plant fossils I have ever seen. Congrats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 That is an amazing fossil. Absolutely mesmerizing. Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt behind the trailer, my desert Them red clay piles are heaven on earth I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt Patterson Hood; Drive-By Truckers May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeloiVarden Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 (edited) Okay, I am going to increase my odds of winning this month by intering a vertebrate and invertebrate. Invertebrate Entry: Drusy Quartz laden Oak Oligocene SC 08/12/11 Edited August 14, 2011 by DeloiVarden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeloiVarden Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 Vertebrate Entry: Carcharocles angustidens Oligocene SC 08/12/11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vordigern Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 WOW!!! beautiful detail on the flower, and the Angustidens color and condition is amazing, I think Im going to have a tough time this month Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordpiney Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 Deloi...that angy is perfect! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleoPutz Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 Amazing serrations on that tooth. Great find... congrats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeloiVarden Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 Deloi...that angy is perfect! Thanks guys. Most of the teeth I found in the same spot were all beat up. I was suprised to find this one. I wish I found them like this all the time, but the rarity of a the condition makes the find all that much more rewarding. I tis always cool to add a new color to my angy/ric collection too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 (edited) The small Pulalius was collected from the Lincoln Creek Fm, Washington State, late Eocene on 7/31 and finished Aug 10. This entry is the smallest crab I've prepared so far, and was found near another concretion containing this large Pulalius claw. I think I had found grandpa and the kid, Please forgive the lame attempt at humor, but I couldn't resist. Edited August 19, 2011 by bruce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 Vertebrate Entry: Carcharocles angustidens Oligocene SC 08/12/11 That is a beautiful tooth. Excellent find. Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt behind the trailer, my desert Them red clay piles are heaven on earth I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt Patterson Hood; Drive-By Truckers May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brachiomyback Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 Going stealth again... this time with an extinct snaggletooth micro found Friday night (8-13-2011) Hemipristis serra Yorktown Formation Pliocene Lee Creek / Aurora Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeloiVarden Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 These were collected from the Lincoln Creek Fm, Washington State, late Eocene on 7/31 and finished 8/10—the largest and smallest crabs from Lincoln Creek I've prepared so far. Unfortunately all I have of the large Pulalius Vulgaris is the manus, which is about 7.5cm. I thought the smaller crab was a baby Pulalius, but I've been told it is a Zanthopsis. I'm holding it with my thumb to give you an idea of the scale. Please forgive the lame attempt at humor, but I couldn't resist. I would love to have a crab like that. I wonder how many times I have passed up on a rock which contained a fossil like that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ordovician_Odyssey Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 (edited) Well guys, this is a first for me! Im entering this month with a vertabrate! I am very fortunate to be near some champlain sea clay deposites, so I finally made my way over to a site. The site is Late Pleistocene, and belongs to the Leda Clay Formation. The site is located in Luskville Quebec, Canada. The specimen is a 'Mallotus villosus' The date found was August 6th, 2011. Hope you guys like it! Cheers! Shamus P.s. sorry about the cracks, i had a rough time opening up the nodule . Edited August 16, 2011 by trilobite guy -Shamus The Ordovician enthusiast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nandomas Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 The flower is awesome, the crab and the fish are fantastic. Because of my envy, I cannot speak about the shark teeth :P Erosion... will be my epitaph! http://www.paleonature.org/ https://fossilnews.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glacialerratic Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 Shamus, I love that fish! Excellent find! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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