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Marcus BrandelTravels and Tales of Discovery in Minnesota's County Museums: Lost Bones #2 (Not Worth Losing an Ear)<a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/marcusbrandel/p/lost-bones-2-not-worth-losing-an" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://open.substack.com/pub/marcusbrandel/p/lost-bones-2-not-worth-losing-an</a><a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/lostbones" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#lostbones</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/pleistocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#pleistocene</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/holocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#holocene</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/proboscidean" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#proboscidean</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#mastodon</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/vertebra" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#vertebra</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/molar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#molar</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#paleontology</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/iceage" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#iceage</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/fossil" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#fossil</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/shareyourdiscovery" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#shareyourdiscovery</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/citizenscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#citizenscience</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/sciencemuseumofmn" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#sciencemuseumofmn</a>

Marcus Brandel🐂<a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/LostBones" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#LostBones</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/FossilFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#FossilFriday</a> These two skulls were discovered along with 52 additional bones—ribs, femurs, tibiae, vertebrae, and various fragments near a peat bog in Wabasha County, <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Minnesota" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Minnesota</a>.Peat is anoxic, preserving ancient remains very well. It's often speculated that bison were driven into bogs while being hunted, but in many cases, no signs of butchery or human activity are found.rchistory.org<a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Pleistocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Pleistocene</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Bison" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Bison</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/WabashaCounty" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#WabashaCounty</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Paleontology</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/ShareYourDiscovery" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#ShareYourDiscovery</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/CitizenScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#CitizenScience</a>

Marcus Brandel<a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/LostBones" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#LostBones</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/FossilFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#FossilFriday</a> 🐂 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?<a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/pleistocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#pleistocene</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/bisonbison" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#bisonbison</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/palaeontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#palaeontology</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/shareyourdiscovery" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#shareyourdiscovery</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/citizenscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#citizenscience</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/skull" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#skull</a>

Marcus Brandel🦌<a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Minnesota" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Minnesota</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/FossilFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#FossilFriday</a> 🐂🦥🐴🐘🐪🐟🍃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.<a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/pleistocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#pleistocene</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/holocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#holocene</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/bisonbison" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#bisonbison</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/whitetail" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#whitetail</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/odocoileusvirginianus" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#odocoileusvirginianus</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/palaeontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#palaeontology</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/shareyourdiscovery" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#shareyourdiscovery</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/citizenscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#citizenscience</a>

Marcus Brandel<a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/LostBones" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#LostBones</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/FossilFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#FossilFriday</a>! 🐂🦥🐴🐘🐪🐟🍃 Brown bear in Minnesota?! This specimen, discovered during a visit to Crow Wing County, was subsequently transferred to the Science Museum of Minnesota. identified as a left patella (kneecap) from a modern brown bear (Ursus arctos).Tags include the notation “Maryland and Mississippi” – referencing construction in St. Paul from the 1960s.www.crowwinghistory.org<a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/ursusarctos" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#ursusarctos</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/palaeontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#palaeontology</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/brownbear" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#brownbear</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/shareyourdiscovery" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#shareyourdiscovery</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/citizenscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#citizenscience</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/patella" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#patella</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/minnesota" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#minnesota</a>

Marcus BrandelIt's <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/LostBones" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#LostBones</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/FossilFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#FossilFriday</a>!🐂🦥🐴🐘🐪🐟🍃 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 <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/pleistocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#pleistocene</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/bisonbison" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#bisonbison</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/palaeontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#palaeontology</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/shareyourdiscovery" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#shareyourdiscovery</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/citizenscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#citizenscience</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/hyoid" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#hyoid</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/skull" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#skull</a>

Marcus Brandel🐌It’s <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Minnesota" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Minnesota</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/FossilFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#FossilFriday</a>🐂🦥🐴🐪🐟🍃 Believe it or not, these snail, clam, fish and ammonite fossils from the Cretaceous period are from Minnesota! Minnesota’s Iron Range lies below what is know as the Coleraine Formation, the 85 to 95-million-year-old shoreline of the Western Interior Seaway, which crossed the North American for nearly 100 million years.<a href="https://www.mndiscoverycenter.com/visit/paleo/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://www.mndiscoverycenter.com/visit/paleo/</a><a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/hillannexpaleontologyproject" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#hillannexpaleontologyproject</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/massabirange" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#massabirange</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/cretaceous" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#cretaceous</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#paleontology</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/shareyourdiscovery" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#shareyourdiscovery</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/citizenscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#citizenscience</a>

Marcus Brandel🐘<a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/LostBones" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#LostBones</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/FossilFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#FossilFriday</a>🐂🦥🐴🐪🐟🍃 This Mastodon tooth, from an unknown donor, arrived at the History Center of Olmsted County in 2012. It is displayed alongside a Mastodon tusk from a quarry in High Forest Township, also of Olmsted County. So far, this tooth is one of only two found in Southern Minnesota county collections that I have come across during my <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/LostBones" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#LostBones</a> research.www.olmstedhistory.com<a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/pleistocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#pleistocene</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#mastodon</a> # proboscidean <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/palaeontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#palaeontology</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/shareyourdiscovery" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#shareyourdiscovery</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/citizenscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#citizenscience</a>

Marcus BrandelWho doesn't like a good giant prehistoric elephant skull: <a href="https://www.helsinki.fi/en/news/evolution/giant-prehistoric-elephant-skull-india-belongs-mysterious-extinct-species" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://www.helsinki.fi/en/news/evolution/giant-prehistoric-elephant-skull-india-belongs-mysterious-extinct-species</a><a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/pleistocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#pleistocene</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#paleontology</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Proboscidean" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Proboscidean</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/shareyourdiscovery" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#shareyourdiscovery</a>

Marcus BrandelIt's <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/LostBones" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#LostBones</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/FossilFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#FossilFriday</a>! 🐂🦥🐴🐘🐪🐟🍃 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.<a href="https://rchistory.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://rchistory.org</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Pleistocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Pleistocene</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/humerus" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#humerus</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/femur" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#femur</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/BisonBison" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#BisonBison</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Palaeontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Palaeontology</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/ShareYourDiscovery" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#ShareYourDiscovery</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/CitizenScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#CitizenScience</a>

Marcus BrandelIt’s a <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/LostBones" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#LostBones</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/FossilFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#FossilFriday</a>! 🐂🦥🐴🐘🐪🐟🍃 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. <a href="https://rchistory.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://rchistory.org</a> Instagram: @ricecountyhistory <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Pleistocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Pleistocene</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/BisonBison" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#BisonBison</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/mandible" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#mandible</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Palaeontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Palaeontology</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/ShareYourDiscovery" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#ShareYourDiscovery</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/CitizenScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#CitizenScience</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/RiceCounty" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#RiceCounty</a>

Marcus Brandel🐘 <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/MammothMonday" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#MammothMonday</a> 🐂🦥🐴🐪🐟🍃 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.<a href="https://nhmu.utah.edu/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://nhmu.utah.edu/</a><a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/pleistocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#pleistocene</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/mammoth" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#mammoth</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Mammuthus" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Mammuthus</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/tusks" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#tusks</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/palaeontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#palaeontology</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/shareyourdiscovery" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#shareyourdiscovery</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/citizenscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#citizenscience</a>

Marcus Brandel🍃It’s <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/FossilFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#FossilFriday</a>! 🐘🐂🦥🐴🐪🐟 Came across this wall of Eocene leaf fossils at the Utah Field House of Natural History last week while visiting Vernal Utah - a great museum exhibiting Utah’s rich geological and paleontological record.I was told these specimens were collected by park employees. There are some amazing specimens on display.<a href="https://stateparks.utah.gov/parks/utah-field-house" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://stateparks.utah.gov/parks/utah-field-house</a><a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/eocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#eocene</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#paleontology</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/paleobttany" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#paleobttany</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/shareyourdiscovery" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#shareyourdiscovery</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/citizenscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#citizenscience</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/utah" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#utah</a>

Marcus Brandel🍃<a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Minnesota" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Minnesota</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/FossilFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#FossilFriday</a> 🐂🦥🐴🐘🐪🐟 A block of Cretaceous leaves and branches was recently removed from Hill Annex Mine with the Science Museum of Minnesota and the Hill Annex Paleontology Project crew. <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/MinnesotaDiscoveryCenter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#MinnesotaDiscoveryCenter</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/shareyourdiscovery" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#shareyourdiscovery</a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/C_SuEKyJdYq/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://www.instagram.com/reel/C_SuEKyJdYq/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link</a>

Marcus BrandelIt’s <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Minnesota" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Minnesota</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/FossilFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#FossilFriday</a>! 🐘🐂🦥🐴🐪🐟🍃 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.<a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/equus" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#equus</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/mammuthus" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#mammuthus</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/mammut" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#mammut</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/pleistocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#pleistocene</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#paleontology</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/fossil" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#fossil</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/shareyourdiscovery" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#shareyourdiscovery</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/citizenscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#citizenscience</a>

Marcus BrandelIt’s <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Minnesota" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Minnesota</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/FossilFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#FossilFriday</a>! 🦣🦥🐴🐪🦬🐟🍃 The fourth most found large ungulate element on river gravel bars? The humerus, following teeth, metacarpal, metatarsal<a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/equus" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#equus</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/bos" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#bos</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/bison" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#bison</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/bones" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#bones</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/pleistocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#pleistocene</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#paleontology</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/fossil" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#fossil</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/shareyourdiscovery" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#shareyourdiscovery</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/citizenscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#citizenscience</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/lostbones" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#lostbones</a>

Marcus Brandel<a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/FossilFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#FossilFriday</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Bison" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Bison</a> 🐂🦥🐴🐘🐪🐟🍃 Taking advantage of the lowering river levels in southern Minnesota to do some field research with a friend. We found some great evidence of one of Minnesota’s most prolific Pleistocene mammals, the Plains bison! These specimens will be cataloged and then donated to the Science Museum of Minnesota for further study!@sciencemuseummn <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/pleistocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#pleistocene</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/bison" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#bison</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/bovid" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#bovid</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/bones" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#bones</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/palaeontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#palaeontology</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/fossils" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#fossils</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/shareyourdiscovery" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#shareyourdiscovery</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/citizenscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#citizenscience</a>

Marcus BrandelIt’s a <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/lostbones" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#lostbones</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/FossilFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#FossilFriday</a>! 🐂🦥🐴🐘🐪🐟🍃 This beautiful bison skull is housed at the Brown County Historical Society in New Ulm, <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Minnesota" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Minnesota</a>. It was found in Lake Hanska, possibly during dredging. The society's exhibits cover various topics related to the county, including its geological formation, Native American culture, early settlement, ethnic makeup, and early industry.www.browncountyhistorymn.org<a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/pleistocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#pleistocene</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/bison" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#bison</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#paleontology</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/fossils" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#fossils</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/shareyourdiscovery" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#shareyourdiscovery</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/citizenscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#citizenscience</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/NewUlm" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#NewUlm</a>

Marcus Brandel🐂<a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/LostBones" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#LostBones</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/FossilFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#FossilFriday</a>🦥🐴🐘🐪🐟🍃This huge bison skull, from the Melrose Area Historical Society collection, is the broadest I have come across, with a cranial width (between horn cores and orbits) of 32.5 cm. It was found in a local farmer's field after a rainstorm in 2010.The Des Moines and Superior glacial lobes heavily influenced the geology south of Melrose.melrosemnhistory.com<a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/anokasandplain" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#anokasandplain</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/pleistocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#pleistocene</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/bison" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#bison</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/bovid" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#bovid</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/bones" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#bones</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/palaeontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#palaeontology</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/fossils" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#fossils</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/shareyourdiscovery" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#shareyourdiscovery</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/citizenscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#citizenscience</a>

Marcus BrandelHappy <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/LostBones" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#LostBones</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/FossilFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#FossilFriday</a>! 🐴🦣🐂🦥🍃🐪🐟 This perfect horse molar (right p2) is from Wright County, Minnesota. It was found on the shore of Olson’s Point on Buffalo Lake in 1976 and is currently housed at the Wright County Historical Society in Buffalo. www.wrighthistory.org<a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/wrightcountyhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#wrightcountyhistory</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/pleistocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#pleistocene</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/equus" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#equus</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/tooth" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#tooth</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/palaeontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#palaeontology</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/fossils" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#fossils</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/shareyourdiscovery" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#shareyourdiscovery</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/citizenscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#citizenscience</a>

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