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Found intact Young Bison skull with 3 teeth, is it historic or plestiocene?


galaxy777

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Hello, 
I found this bison skull in a creek yesterday after a very heavy rain (that downed many trees in a few areas). Positive it's bison, but not sure if it is a young bison bison, or possibly a bison antiquus calf?

The horns from tip to tip are 20 1/2" and the length of the skull is around 19 1/2"

There are 3 upper cheek teeth present, the back 2 worn down considerably.
Any help would be much appreciated!

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This is an OLD bovid, notable for the advanced tooth wear.  Your tip-to-tip measure is only 520 mm.  It's a cow.  For comparison:

 

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http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page

 

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In the dark backward and abysm of time?

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The tooth wear indicates an older animal as @Harry Pristis mentioned.  It's possible it was an older female.  

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