At the Paleontology Study Group Meeting on October 17th, 2015, ESCONI will hold our first ever Best Fossil Competition. Come on out for a night of fossils! There were be many local experts to help identify what you've brought and then enter it in the Best Fossil Competition.
Here are the ESCONI Best Fossil Rules for 2015:
1. 3 classes: vertebrate, invertebrate, plant. First, second and third place in each class will be selected.
2. Specimens can be from any geologic age as long as it is a fossil.
3. Do not need to be an ESCONI member to enter.
4. One entry per class, per person.
5. Winners are decided by a vote of members present at the October Paleontology Study Group meeting. Votes will be counted and winners announced at this meeting.
6. Winners get their picture (with winning specimen) published in the Bulletin, and on the website, and will receive a certificate.
7. Real, physical fossils only – no reproductions or pictures. You must own the fossil being entered, disclose if it was purchased, and describe any repairs or reconstruction done to the specimen.
8. Entries must be identified at least to genus level. (Don't worry, we can help with the identification!)
9. Owners will give a short (5 minutes max) presentation about their entry. This is your chance to be creative and convince the voters ;)
10. A specimen can only win once. Those that do not win may be entered in subsequent years.
11. Votes will counted by the study group chairmen or their designees. The person doing the counting may not have a specimen entered in the competition for that class.
There will be an impressive set of fossils and a good time for all!
