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February 2012 Invertebrate / Plant Find Of The Month


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February 2012 Invertebrate / Plant Find Of The Month  

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

    • 1. Porites sp. fossil coral chunk with associated gastropods ? (Late Miocene) ? Middle Crete Island, Greece
      4
    • 2. Flexicalymene granulosa trilobite ? (Ordovician Georgian Bay Formation) ? Toronto, Canada
      5
    • 3. Eoscorpius sparthensis fossil scorpion ? (Upper Carboniferous / Duckmantian) ? UK
      17
    • 4. Agariocrinus americanus & Scytalocrinus sp. crinoids ? ( Mississippian Edwardsville Formation) ? IL, USA
      27
    • 5. Pachydiscus suciaensis ammonite ? (Upper Cretaceous Lambert Formation) ? BC, Canada
      1
    • 6. Nautiloid ? (Upper Cretaceous Austin Chalk) ? TX, USA
      2
    • 7. Pentremites obesus blastoid ? (Upper Mississippian Glen Dean Formation) ? KY, USA
      1
    • 8. Ceratolichas dracon Lichid trilobite cephalon ? (Devonian Onondaga Limestone) ? NY, USA
      30
    • 9. Hecticoceras suevum ammonite ? (Middle Jurassic / Callovian) ? France
      5
    • 10. Hemirhodon amplipyge trilobite ? (Cambrian age) ? UT, USA
      3
    • 11. Unknown fossil leaf ? (Oligocene Little Butte Volcanic series) ? OR, USA
      5
    • 12. Ceraurinella scofieldi trilobite hypostome hash plate ? (Ordovician Plateville Formation) ? WI, USA
      1


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New entrants, rare finds, and surprise fossils - all in 3-D - this month! [queue dramatic music] Choose your favorite for IPFOTM. :D

The poll ends on Tuesday, March 6th. You can also vote in our other Poll HERE.

1. Porites sp. fossil coral chunk with associated gastropods – (Late Miocene) – Middle Crete Island, Greece

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2. Flexicalymene granulosa trilobite – (Ordovician Georgian Bay Formation) – Toronto, Canada

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3. Eoscorpius sparthensis fossil scorpion – (Upper Carboniferous / Duckmantian) – UK

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4. Agariocrinus americanus & Scytalocrinus sp. crinoids – ( Mississippian Edwardsville Formation) – IL, USA

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5. Pachydiscus suciaensis ammonite – (Upper Cretaceous Lambert Formation) – BC, Canada

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6. Nautiloid – (Upper Cretaceous Austin Chalk) – TX, USA

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7. Pentremites obesus blastoid – (Upper Mississippian Glen Dean Formation) – KY, USA

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8. Ceratolichas dracon Lichid trilobite cephalon – (Devonian Onondaga Limestone) – NY, USA

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9. Hecticoceras suevum ammonite – (Middle Jurassic / Callovian) – France

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10. Hemirhodon amplipyge trilobite – (Cambrian) – UT, USA

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11. Unknown fossil leaf – (Oligocene Little Butte Volcanic series) – OR, USA

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12. Ceraurinella scofieldi trilobite hypostome hash plate – (Ordovician Plateville Formation) – WI, USA

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I think this one's gonna be a nail biter!

Good luck!

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I found this one very hard to vote on. Great finds everyone! :)

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Wow a surprising number of awsome fossils for mid-winter! Lot's of eye candy here!!! :greenwnvy:

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Wow, hard to pick when the choices include beauty, rarity, scientific interest and nice prepping! I'm just an occasional browser of the forum and am surprised with the variety of finds each month.

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Wow, hard to pick when the choices include beauty, rarity, scientific interest and nice prepping! I'm just an occasional browser of the forum and am surprised with the variety of finds each month.

Well said.

:)

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very difficult to choose this month, decided to go with the one I would most like to have in my collection

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