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September 2014 Finds Of The Month


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I'm still woozy from the quality of finds in August.... :faint: I wonder what will happen this month????? :zzzzscratchchin:

Carefully read the rules below, make sure you include all the required information, and submit your fantastic fossils! :D

Please remember that we recently introduced another qualification to the current rules. Make a note of Rule #5: Before and After Preparation photos must be submitted for Prepped specimens not found during the Month of the Contest. In addition to keeping the contest fair, this new qualification will encourage better documentation of our spectacular past finds. Best of luck to all and good hunting!

Entries will be taken through September 30th. 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.
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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 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. Before and After Preparation photos must be submitted for Prepped specimens not found during the Month of the Contest.

6. You must include the common or scientific name.

7. You must include the Geologic Age or Geologic Formation where the Fossil was found.

8. Play fair and honest. No bought fossils. No false claims.

Shortly after the end of the Month, separate Polls will be created for the Vertebrate and Invertebrate/Plant Find of the Month.

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

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I'll break the ice this month. It's not anything over the top spectacular, but it's a nicely preserved specimen with beautiful coloration. I think it's worth a shot.

Lobetelson mclaughlinae (Shrimp)

Francis Creek Shale

Pennsylvanian

Mazon Creek, IL U.S.A.

Found (opened): 9-11-14

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Those are spectacular to me. The color, presentation, and preservation are outrageous.

Roger that! :wub:

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Thanks guys. The preservation always amazes me with these Mazon nods. Even the three dimensional preservation of a creature that was/is 90% water (Jellyfish) is crazy!

I don't suppose i can enter 300 myo peace huh? Lol

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Does the color stay on those Mazon nodules?

For the most part yes. The white you see is Calcite. Sometimes it's very thick and cannot be removed. Other times it's just a light very fragile layer (like my shrimp). The color in this one is especially nice, framing the little shrimp in all of its glory.

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Those are spectacular to me. The color, presentation, and preservation are outrageous.

I will third that. Awesome piece Charlie.

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I will third that. Awesome piece Charlie.

Thank you sir! Nurse Shark tooth for vert of the month?

~Charlie~

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Now darn it Ryan...if you're going to show the reverse of the fossil, shouldn't we be seeing the reverse of the penny as well?!!!

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Nice detail on that guy Ryan! It looks like it has teeth. Feed me Seymor, feed me....haha

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Well, I don't usually put my fossils in, but in light of the rarity of complete fish fossils, at least in my area, I will enter my find for Vertebrate Fossil of the Month..

Multiple fish plate of Semionotus sp.

(One complete, two partials.)

Early Jurassic (Hettangian)

East Berlin Formation, Connecticut.

Found on 9\14\2014

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I should add, that a complete, fairly well preserved fish from this locality is quite rare.
Usually they are de-phosphatized, and missing the heads.
In nearly 20 years of collecting in Connecticut, I only have 5 complete fish, and this is the only one that is a classic looking, easily recognizable complete fish.
By the way, folks, great entries so far!
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Very nice looking.

As is yours, Ryan. Very unusual looking.

Thank you.

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This is the first time I've entered anything - it's a fairly rare brittlestar, oral view, preserved partly in shale, partly in the overlying sandstone.

Some arm ends were broken off before fossilisation but this is the most complete one I've found so far.

It's about 8" across - straightened out and complete, would be about 12".

Palaeocoma milleri (Phillips)

Lower Jurassic,Staithes Sandstone Formation

Near Whitby, north Yorkshire, UK.

Found 15 July 2014, finished prepping 15 September.

As collected:

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Prepped:

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TqB, awesome brittlestar.

Now since Charlie suggested it, I wil throw my hat into the ring.

Nebrius sp. (Nurse Shark)

Jones County, N.C.

Late Oligocene Belgrade Formation

Found on 12 Sept 2014

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This is a rare tooth for this location and when found are usually extremely worn. This one is in exceptional condition.

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behind the trailer, my desert
Them red clay piles are heaven on earth
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Well darn, there goes my chance. Very nice brittlestar.

+1 That brittlestar is very cool looking. It looks still alive.

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Well darn, there goes my chance. Very nice brittlestar.

+1 That brittlestar is very cool looking. It looks still alive.

Kind of you to say so! - but everything on here is special and I'd hate to have to chose. And still a couple of weeks to go...

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Here's my entry. Found in mississippi Sept. 6th. In the Yazoo clay. Eocene I believe. Associated saw fish rostrals.

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Here is my Upper Missippian trace fossil, found September 9 as float in Fayetteville Shale, even though that incredible brittle star is without a doubt the winner. post-7482-0-78036600-1411567767_thumb.jpg

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The Tatter, looks like whatever made this had a bit too much to drink...Hic!

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