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all, Can any bone experts id this as a male or female bison skull cap ? Old or young male or female ? im going to have some of my best bone finds displayed at a local nature center in may and I’m not a expert on bone id or aging bones. I epoxied recently to stop deterioration after skull dried. any recommendations such as young bull, female, male or what ever y’all can tell me looking at my pics. this is a river find and half of skull was exposed after recent flood as well as some other bones that I suspect came from same animal I found above skull and down stream 10 to 20 yards from skull. also already went back and dug considerable amount in area and didn’t find anymore of skeleton etc. most intact horn is est to be around between 7 and 8 inch long of tip was present. Right side is lost. 22inch spread as it is now with broke horns So add 1 inch to long horn and 3 to 4 inches on broke horn for total approximately 27 inches total when animal was alive etc. a est.

I was out twice this week to an area of the Peace River that I had previously hunted extensively. I did far better than I anticipated. One of my finds from yesterday is a sirenia skullcap. Impressive. Whenever I get an interesting fossil, I ask questions of myself, friends, TFF members...This fossil is interesting because it is rare in my hunting area, this one is the highest quality one I have found, looking at those fine lines and lack of water erosion. It measures 100 x 85 x 35 mm Question #1. Does this skullcap come from Metaxytherium floridanum (14 to 7 mya) or Trichechus manatus (last 3 mya) ? Can I differentiate by bones? Similar question on teeth... Are these dugong or manatee teeth? What follows is to photos of same tooth There were lots of dugong or manatee ribs, many in excellent shape, pieces of dugong or manatee verts. In anticipation of future finds , I am trying to collect differentiators. Thanks for the help... Jack