Klondike Placer Miner Honoured for Paleontological Finds

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Klondike placer miner honoured for paleontological finds 'I always find

it very special to find a really nice steppe bison skull in good shape,'

says Stuart Schmidt CBC News, November 25, 2017

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/schmidt-placer-miner-award-paleontology-1.4418978

 

Klondike placer miner makes rare discovery of extinct muskox skull

Stuart Schmidt discovered the helmeted muskox skull and horns

during routine work on Monday, CBC News, September  14, 2017

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/klondike-muskox-schmidt-placer-skull-1.4290440

 

Other related material

 

Helmeted Muskox, Beringia Research Notes

http://www.tc.gov.yk.ca/publications/Muskox_2002.pdf

http://www.tc.gov.yk.ca/beringian_research_notes.html

 

Pleistocene Vertebrates of Yukon Territory by C.R. Harington

http://av-sher.narod.ru/Biblio/22_harington_vertebrates_yukon.pdf

 

Yours,

 

Paul H.