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  1. It’s a #LostBones #FossilFriday! 🐂🦥🐴🐘🐪🐟🍃 This juvenile bison mandible was found two feet below the surface near Cannon Lake, just outside Faribault, Minnesota, during excavation for a cabin foundation.

    Donated in 2018, it is now housed at the Rice County Historical Society in Faribault.

    rchistory.org
    Instagram: @ricecountyhistory

    #Pleistocene #BisonBison #mandible #Palaeontology #ShareYourDiscovery #CitizenScience #RiceCounty

  2. It’s a #Minnesota #LostBones #FossilFriday! 🐂🦥🐴🐘🐪🐟🍃 This beautiful juvenile bison mandible is estimated to be from an individual around 4 months old. It was found in a sinkhole in Wolcott township by an independent researcher and is currently housed at the Rice County Historical Society in Faribault.

    rchistory.org

    @ricecountyhistory #pleistocene #anokasandplain #bisonbison #palaeontology #shareyourdiscovery #citizenscience #ricecounty

  3. It’s a #lostbones #FossilFriday! 🐂🦥🐴🐘🐪🐟🍃 This mammoth partial pelvis (right pelvic wing) is currently housed at the Rice County Historical Society in Faribault, #Minnesota.

    It was found by a local man along Mud Creek in Warsaw County and was donated in the early 1900s.

    rchistory.org

    #pleistocene #mammoth #pelvis #palaeontology #fossils #shareyourdiscovery #citizenscience #RiceCounty #columbianmammoth