#shareyourdiscovery — Public Fediverse posts

🫎It’s a #Bisonbison #Alcesalces #FossilFriday! 🐂🐴🐘🦥🐪 These #LostBones skulls come from Kittson County, Minnesota—the northeastern most county in the state, known as “where Minnesota begins.” Many other species and elements are also displayed.

If any of these great specimens are your donations and you have more details, please reach out through the link in my profile.

https://www.facebook.com/KittsonCountyHistoryCenter/

#Pleistocene #Skulls #Palaeontology #Fossils #Shareyourdiscovery #Citizenscience

🐴 #LostBones #FossilFriday 🐟🐘🦥🐪 In the summer of 2012, students from the Geology Department at Gustavus Adolphus College collected over 800 bones on the Des Moines River near Jackson, Minnesota.

This crunchy but beautiful left horse femur was part of the project and is now housed at the Jackson County Historical Society in Lakefield.

Jackson County: http://www.jchsmn.org
Lost Bones: https://medium.com/@dbrake40

#pleistocene #equus #femur #palaeontology #shareyourdiscovery #citizenscience

Travels and Tales of Discovery in Minnesota's County Museums: Lost Bones #2 (Not Worth Losing an Ear)

https://open.substack.com/pub/marcusbrandel/p/lost-bones-2-not-worth-losing-an

#lostbones #pleistocene #holocene #proboscidean #mastodon #vertebra #molar #paleontology #iceage #fossil #shareyourdiscovery #citizenscience #sciencemuseumofmn

#LostBones #FossilFriday 🐂 Five bison species are said to have roamed North America: The Eurasian Bison priscus adapted into Bison latifrons, which downsized into Bison antiquus. Later, Bison occidentalis emerged in the Late Pleistocene, leading to today’s Bison bison. Are they all distinct, or was it a gradual shift?

#pleistocene #bisonbison #palaeontology #shareyourdiscovery #citizenscience #skull

🦌#Minnesota #FossilFriday 🐂🦥🐴🐘🐪🐟🍃Remnants of deer and bison are common along many Minnesota rivers. Teeth, metacarpals, metatarsals, and some long bones withstand the erosive forces of rivers particularly well.

These specimens were all found during a single kayak trip this field season, along just a two-mile stretch of river in southern Minnesota.

#pleistocene #holocene #bisonbison #whitetail #odocoileusvirginianus #palaeontology #shareyourdiscovery #citizenscience

It's #LostBones #FossilFriday!🐂🦥🐴🐘🐪🐟🍃 Bison hyoid bones are quite rare in the collections I have reviewed. This pair is part of a larger assemblage donated in 2022, including elements from both juvenile and adults.

The bones were all recovered in Wolcott Township by an independent researcher and are currently housed at the Rice County Historical Society in Faribault Minnesota.

www.rchistory.org @ricecohs
#pleistocene #bisonbison #palaeontology #shareyourdiscovery #citizenscience #hyoid #skull

Who doesn't like a good giant prehistoric elephant skull: https://www.helsinki.fi/en/news/evolution/giant-prehistoric-elephant-skull-india-belongs-mysterious-extinct-species

#pleistocene #paleontology #Proboscidean #shareyourdiscovery

It's #LostBones #FossilFriday! 🐂🦥🐴🐘🐪🐟🍃
A remarkable find: Two neighbors contributed a total of 100 bison bones, discovered in separate years from the same lowland peat deposit spanning a highway in Walcott County, Minnesota. Notably, one of the collections shows possible signs of butchery.

Both collections are now at the Rice County Historical Society in Faribault, Minnesota.

https://rchistory.org

#Pleistocene #humerus #femur #BisonBison #Palaeontology #ShareYourDiscovery #CitizenScience

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.

https://rchistory.org
Instagram: @ricecountyhistory

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

🐘 #MammothMonday 🐂🦥🐴🐪🐟🍃 These wonderful mammoth tusks are on display at the Vernal Utah Natural History Museum. They were discovered while digging a well in Craig, Colorado, in 1961 and recovered by paleontologist Ernest Untermann. The tusks belong to a Columbian mammoth and were found under 15 feet of gravel.

https://nhmu.utah.edu/

#pleistocene #mammoth #Mammuthus #tusks #palaeontology #shareyourdiscovery #citizenscience

It’s #Minnesota #FossilFriday! 🐘🐂🦥🐴🐪🐟🍃 Document everything and always look twice—these are great fossil hunting rules.

The two indistinct specimens below were found by a friend with a very discerning eye! Both are fragments of teeth: one is a suspected mastodon tooth cusp, and the other is a fragment of either a mammoth or horse tooth. Both have been donated to the Science Museum of Minnesota.

#equus #mammuthus #mammut #pleistocene #paleontology #fossil #shareyourdiscovery #citizenscience

It’s #Minnesota #FossilFriday! 🦣🦥🐴🐪🦬🐟🍃 The fourth most found large ungulate element on river gravel bars? The humerus, following teeth, metacarpal, metatarsal

#equus #bos #bison #bones #pleistocene #paleontology #fossil #shareyourdiscovery #citizenscience #lostbones

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.

https://rchistory.org

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

🐂#LostBones #FossilFriday🦥🐴🐘🐪🐟🍃 In 1983 while constructing a reservoir in Sherburne County Minnesota a farmer came across hundreds of jumbled bison bones.

in 1984, due to the nature of the site and the distribution of the bones, Dr. Stanley Lewis of St. Cloud State University concluded that the bison had possibly been washed in during a flood event.

www.stcloudstate.edu/biology

#pleistocene #anokasandplain #bisonbison #palaeontology #shareyourdiscovery #citizenscience #Minnesota

#lostbones #FossilFriday! 🐂🦥🐴🐘🐪🐟🍃 This Friday’s specimens are two bison skulls recovered in Itasca County during Scenic Hwy 7 road construction along with many other postcranial skeletal elements.

They are currently on loan from Isacka County to the Minnesota Discovery Center in Chisholm, Minnesota.

www.itascahistorical.org
www.mndiscoverycenter.com

#pleistocene #bison #occidentalis #paleontology #MinnesotaDiscoveryCenter #paleontology #shareyourdiscovery #citizenscience #bisonbison #skull

🐂🦥🐴🐘🐪🐟🍃 Is a #nationalfossil actually going to happen?

#pleistocene #mastodon #paleontology #shareyourdiscovery #citizenscience #proboscidean

https://michiganadvance.com/briefs/peters-introduces-bipartisan-proposal-to-designate-the-first-national-fossil/

🐂#lostbones #FossilFriday 🐂🦥🐴🐘🐪🐟🍃 Part one of two (Sam and Tom). The bison skeleton “Samantha” currently housed at the National Buffalo Museum in Jamestown, North Dakota, is from #Minnesota! Sam originated on the Snake River Farm owned by Tom Barthel in Sherburne County, Minnesota.

Sam was assembled by Tom Barthel and first displayed at the Becker, Minn. Public Library.

buffalomuseum.com

#pleistocene #bison #paleontology #NorthDakota #Minnesota #bisonbison #shareyourdiscovery #citizenscience

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.

https://rchistory.org

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

#lostbones for #FossilFriday! 🐂🦥🐴🐘🐪🐟🍃 This partial mastodon pelvis was recently donated to the Brown County Historical Society in New Ulm, MN. It was found in 1987 in a gravel pit within the city limits. New Ulm borders the western bank of the glacial River Warren’s river valley, which now contains the Minnesota River.

browncountyhistorymn.org

#pleistocene #mammoth #mastodon #paleontology #NewUlm #Minnesota #paleontology #fossils #shareyourdiscovery #citizenscience #proboscidean #pelvis

#lostbones #FossilFriday 🐘 🦥🐴🐪🐃 🐟 This mammoth molar from Goodhue County was found in Hay Creek, a small trout stream that empties into the Mississippi River just to the north of Red Wing, #Minnesota.

It is on display, along with several other #Pleistocene proboscidean specimens, at the Goodhue County Historical Society.

https://goodhuecountyhistory.org

#columbianmammoth #tooth #paleontology #fossils #shareyourdiscovery #citizenscience #proboscidean #mammoth

It’s a #lostbones #FossilFriday! 🐂🦥🐴🐘🐪🐟 This remarkable mammoth 🦷 has an even more remarkable story! Housed at the Interstate Park Ice Age Interpretive Center in Taylors Falls, WI - the tooth originated in #Minnesota.

It was discovered in 1987 by a heavy equipment operator excavating gravel from a Gray Cloud Island gravel deposit ~125 feet below the original surface!

https://dnr.wisconsin.gov/topic/parks/interstate/naturecenter

#pleistocene #proboscidean #paleontology #shareyourdiscovery #citizenscience #mammoth #mastodon

#Minnesota #lostbones #FossilFriday! 🐂🦥🐴🐘🐪🐟 Here is a beauty of a Bison occidentalis skull cap from the Golden Valley Historical Society.

It was found “quite deep” in the 1970s during the construction of Interstate 35E in Saint Paul. It measures ~79cm across the horn cores.

www.goldenvalleyhistoricalsociety.org

#Pleistocene #bisonbison #skull #fossils #shareyourdiscovery #citizenscience

#lostbones for #FossilFriday! 🐂🦥🐴🐘🐪🐟

Here is a nice collection of bison bones from the West Hennepin History Center in Long Lake Minnesota.

The collection was found during road work near Hgwy(s) 169 & 494 in Southern Hennepin County.

http://whcpa-museum.org

#pleistocene #bisonbison #scapula #radius #metacarpal #paleontology #fossils #shareyourdiscovery #citizenscience #Minnesota

More #lostbones for #FossilFriday! 🐂🦥🐴🐘🐪🐟 I ran across this pair of bison femurs at the West Hennepin History Center in Long Lake Minnesota.

Found during some road work near Hgwy(s) 169 & 494 they were donated in the summer of 2000.

http://whcpa-museum.org

#pleistocene #bisonbison #fossil #paleontology #fossils #shareyourdiscovery #citizenscience #Minnesota

More #Minnesota #lostbones for #FossilFriday! 🐂🦥🐴🐘🐪🐟 I ran across this large bison skull cap at the Houston Nature Center in Houston, MN.

Found in a local creek in 1958 it measures almost 30 inches across the horn cores.

The nature center also has other #Pleistocene specimens on display as well. The city of Houston sits near the center of the Midwest’s glacial “Driftless” Area.

https://www.houstonnaturecenter.com

#bisonbison #paleontology #fossils #shareyourdiscovery #citizenscience #mammoth #mastodon

More #Minnesota #lostbones for #FossilFriday! 🦣🦥🐴🐪🦬🐟 Last weekend I was granted the privilege of photographing this handsome fella at the Renville County Historical Society & Museum.

Found locally on the Minnesota River it measures almost 27 inches across the horn cores.

The museum had a wide variety of specimens in its collections including "Bob" a huge mounted bison head.

https://renvillecountyhistory.com/

#pleistocene #bisonbison #paleontology #fossils #shareyourdiscovery #citizenscience #bison

It’s #Minnesota #FossilFriday! 🦥🐃 🐘 🐴🐪🐟🍃There are no documented Pleistocene-age horse specimens in Minnesota. The small size of this m3 tooth has me hopeful. It's about 25mm in length across the crown.

Found by a friend on a river gravel bar it will be donated to the Science Museum of Minnesota for further study.

#pleistocene #equus #molar #paleontology #fossil #shareyourdiscovery #citizenscience #sciencemuseumofmn

More #Minnesota #lostbones for #FossilFriday! 🦣🦥🐴🐪🦬🐟 This gorgeous bison skull was discovered right in the city of Maplewood at the corner of Hazelwood Street and Beam Avenue.

Unearthed from a peat deposit it is suspected to be ~7000 years old.

It is currently housed at the Maplewood Area Historical Society (not on display).

https://maplewoodmuseum.org

#pleistocene #bison #skull #paleontology #bisonbison #fossil #shareyourdiscovery #citizenscience

More Minnesota #lostbones for #FossilFriday! 🦣🦥🐴🐪🦬🐟🍃 This uniquely worked bison metatarsal is believed to be a Native American fishing tool.

It was originally part of the Fred Lawshe “Buffalo Bone Implement” display and is currently housed at the Dakota County Historical Society’s Lawshe Memorial Museum

https://www.dakotahistory.org/lawshe-memorial-museum

#pleistocene #bison #metatarsal #paleontology #bisonbison #iceage #fossil #shareyourdiscovery #citizenscience #Minnesota

More Minnesota #lostbones for #FossilFriday! 🦣🦥🐴🐪🦬🐟 This beautiful bison partial left humerus was originally found in St. Paul ~45 feet below the surface.

It is currently housed at the Dakota County Historical Society’s Lawshe Memorial Museum

https://www.dakotahistory.org/lawshe-memorial-museum

#pleistocene #bison #humerus #paleontology #bisonbison #iceage #fossil #shareyourdiscovery #citizenscience #Minnesota

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Its #MammothMonday Jim van Dijk has spent the last few months building the world's first reconstruction of a southern mammoth for the Museum Historyland Hellevoetsluis in Hellevoetsluis, Netherlands.

Not only is the sculpture just an awesome site but Dick “Sir Mammoth” Mol was a consultant on the project.

https://www.ad.nl/voorne-aan-zee/wereldprimeur-voor-historyland-spectaculair-beest-toegevoegd-aan-collectie~a8b3f998/

#pleistocene #proboscidean #sculpture #paleontology #iceage #fossil #femur #shareyourdiscovery #mammalmonday

Image credit ad.nl

It’s #Minnesota #MammothMonday 🦣🐪🦥🦫🍃 The beautiful mammoth molar below was dredged from a gravel pit near Carver Minnesota.

The tooth is an upper left molar of a Woolly Mammoth ~11-12,000 years old and is on display at the Carver County Historical Society. Over the same summer in 2001, a second molar and a tusk fragment were also recovered at the same site.

carvercountyhistoricalsociety.org

#lostbones #pleistocene #proboscidean #mammoth #molar #fossil #shareyourdiscovery #citizenscience

Happy #Minnesota #FossilFriday! 🦬🐪🦣🦥🦫🍃 What is the most common Bison bison specimen found in river gravels besides teeth in Southern Minnesota? It's usually a metacarpal or a metatarsal.

These stout solid bones survive well within a river's fluvial processes. Here are a few example specimens.🦴

@darwin #Pleistocene #Bisonbison #metacarpal #metatarsal #shareyourdiscovery #Holocene #iceage #bison #amateurfossilhunters #citizenscience

It's #MammothMonday – 🦖🦣🦥🐪🍃 Dinosaurs in Montana you say!? – How about this Columbian mammoth found along the Powder River near Broadus Montana? 🦣

Several ribs, leg bones, a mostly intact skull, and both tusks are currently housed at the Carter County Museum in Ekalaka.

The museum also has, ground sloth, mosasaur, and yes dinosaur specimens on display.

https://cartercountymuseum.org

#proboscidean #mammoth #columbianmammoth #shareyourdiscovery #pleistocene #geology #montana #montanadinosaurtrail

🦣🦥🐴🐪🦬🍃 Happy #MastodonMonday! Here is an interesting article on the discovery of Nova Scotia's first recorded mastodon. The location, a cut bank along the bed of Cape Breton’s winding Middle River, makes a beautiful scene - a glacial geologist’s dream. 😉

#pleistocene #mastodon #paleontology #proboscidean #iceage #fossil #geology
#shareyourdiscovery #glacial #karst

https://canadiangeographic.ca/articles/the-discovery-of-nova-scotias-ancient-giants/

*images sourced from the original article

It's #Minnesota #MammothMonday. 🦣🦷 More Southern Minnesota proboscideans! - see my previous #MammothMonday posts. Here's a partial tooth found in 2019 by a friend. It was stuck in the muddy river bottom along a cut bank. Surprisingly not fully tumbled apart - the rest of the animal could be close! Donated to the #sciencemuseumofmn. 🦣🦥🐴🐪🦬🍃

#proboscidean #iceage #tooth #columbianmammoth #shareyourdiscovery #pleistocene #paleontology #amateurfossilhunters #citizenscience #mammoth :tusky_scientist:

Happy #Minnesota #FossilFriday. 🦬🍃🦣🦥🐴🐪 More Bison bison. I found this 47cm bison femur partially buried in a riverbed in Southern Minnesota. It has been donated to the Science Museum of Minnesota for further research. See my previous #fossilfriday posts and the Specimen Spotlight video below for more. 🦬

https://youtu.be/xofQ7sWe2N0

#sciencemuseummn #shareyourdiscovery #pleistocene #paleontology #bisonbison #fossils #amateurfossilhunters #citizenscience #iceage

It's #Minnesota #MammothMonday. 🦣🦥🐴🐪🦬🍃 More Southern Minnesota mammoths! - see my previous #MammothMonday posts. Here's a fragment of a tusk found in 2019 on a river gravel bar. It is the "outer bark" - not dentine or ivory but cementum. Now, where is the rest of the animal!?

#proboscidean #iceage #columbianmammoth #shareyourdiscovery #pleistocene #paleontology #amateurfossilhunters #citizenscience :tusky_scientist:

#SeptarianSunday! 💎 🦣🦥 Sometimes when out fossil hunting I also come across the occasional sedimentary anomaly. This septarian nodule was found along the Crow River in central Minnesota on a gravel bar. It is very loosely formed but I ‘dig’ it! 🦬🍂🦫

#septariannodule #shareyourdiscovery #cretaceous #geology #concretion #fossils #amateurfossilhunters #citizenscience