🐂🐴 #LostBones #FossilFriday 🐟🐘🦥🐪 Bison specimens from Martin County, Minnesota. I was short on time, so this museum will need a revisit as I'm certain there are some equine specimens along with the bovine here—can you spot them? 😉
Museum: https://www.mchsmn.org
Lost Bones: https://medium.com/@dbrake40
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#MartinCountyHistory #Pleistocene #Bison #Horse #Palaeontology #Fossils #CitizenScience
#lostbones
🐂 #LostBones #FossilFriday 🐟🐘🦥🐴🐪 Small museums that pack a big punch? I’ve found another! The Winnebago Area Museum in southern Minnesota spans 3 buildings in Winnebago. Along with mammoth, bison, and horse specimens, the museum features exhibits on three prehistoric Native American cultures, as well as displays highlighting the city's history, military memorabilia, and pioneer life in Winnebago.
https://www.winnebagoareamuseum.org
https://medium.com/@dbrake40
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#Palaeontology #Fossils #CitizenScience
🐘#LostBones #FossilFriday🐂🦥🐴🐪🐟🍃 The hunt for Pleistocene horses in continues. A recent visit to the Jackson County Historical Society revealed a horse mandible, teeth, and femur, but they have been radiocarbon dated to less than ~200 BP. The specimens were part of a 2015 study by Gustavus Adolphus College and Bates College. Over 800 bones, primarily bison, from 200 to 1000 years BP were catalogued.
🐂 #LostBones #FossilFriday 🐘🦥🐴🐪I've previously posted about the early '90s Cherney bison site near Ham Lake, MN, where Pat Cherney recovered well over 100 bison skulls, and many other bones.
In June 2024, the Southern Minnesota Museum of Natural History in Blue Earth, MN, acquired the Cherney collection.
The museum is currently raising funds to assemble a full skeleton from the site for an upcoming exhibit.
Happy #Minnestoa #FossilFriday 🦥These bison remains are part of a bone bed discovered east of Melrose, MN in April 1967 by Ivan Brouwer, a dragline operator working near a creek along Interstate 94, Ivan shared some of the bones with his friend Robert Freeman Sr. Rumor has it that Robert Sr. and his son planned to reconstruct a full skeleton from these bones.
The existence and whereabouts of this skeleton remain under investigation today!
#LostBones:
https://medium.com/@dbrake40/lost-bones-1-burial-ground-13fee371997c
#LostBones #FossilFriday! 🐂🦥🐴🐘🐪🐟🍃 In a 1945, C. R. Stauffer documented the discovery of a tarsal bone from an ancient horse, possibly Equus caballus, uncovered in October 1939 in glacial deposits 31 feet below the surface during well drilling in Marshall, MN.
Pleistocene horse specimens are rare in Minnesota Check out Lost Bones #4 (profile link) for details.
#Pleistocene #Horses #Paleontology #CitizenScience
Ref: Stauffer, C. R. (1945). Some Pleistocene Mammalian Inhabitants of Minnesota.
Lost Bones #4 (A Dip with the Sea Creatures)
#LostBones #Pleistocene #Mammoth #Equuscaballus #MinnesotaHistory #Paleontology #CitizenScience
https://open.substack.com/pub/marcusbrandel/p/lost-bones-4-a-dip-with-the-sea-creatures
#LostBones #FossilFriday!🦥🐴🐘🐪 In June 1921 at Sagamore Iron Mine near Riverton, MN, workers uncovered a bed of bison bones in a peat deposit. Skulls, vertebrae, ribs, and limb bones were collected and sent to the Smithsonian Institution for study.
Today, the skull shown here remains in Minnesota, displayed at the Crow Wing County Historical Society in Brainerd.
www.crowwinghistory.org
#bisonoccidentalis #palaeontology #CitizenScience
Ref: O. P. Hay, Proc. U.S. National Mus. v. 63 1923
🐘 #LostBones #FossilFriday 🐂 Solved! Two mammoth molars and a massive bison skullcap were donated to the Pope County Historical Society in Glenwood, MN. Speaking with the son of the donor, I uncovered an incredible story. They originated near Fairbanks, Alaska; collected by an uncle, working construction during the 60s and 70si involved in several infamous government projects, including the Distant Early Warning (DEW) system & Project Long Shot!
🐂 #LostBones #FossilFriday 🐘🦥🐴🐪🐟🍃This crusty chunk of bison skull and horn core was discovered within the city limits of Glenwood, Minnesota, along a creek running through Barness Park.
It was donated to the Pope County Historical Society in 2020 and is now displayed alongside several other bison skulls from the area.
https://popecountymuseum.com
✨ https://linktr.ee/lostbones
#GlenwoodMN #Pleistocene #Mammoth #ColumbianMammoth #MinnesotaHistory #Paleontology #CitizenScience
🐴 #Minnesota #FossilFriday 🐂🐘🦥🐪🐟🍃 A beautiful horse upper molar recently discovered by a friend near New Ulm, MN. Based on its preservation, it may date back to the Pleistocene. This find has been donated to the Science Museum of Minnesota for further study.
#NewUlm #Pleistocene #LostBones #Equus #Horse #MinnesotaHistory #Paleontology #CitizenScience
✨ For the incredible story of Columbian mammoth specimens found near New Ulm, check out Lost Bones #3 here: https://linktr.ee/lostbones.
It’s a #LostBones #FossilFriday 🦥🐴🐪🐘 🐟 This mammoth molar's dentin/enamel plates have separated. It was found in a gravel pit on a farm in Nora Township by a Works Progress Administration (WPA) crew in November 1941.
If placed together in its original form, it measures about 14cm x 14cm. It is now housed in the Pope County Historical Society Museum in Glenwood, MN.
#Mammoth #Paleontology #LostBones #CitizenScience #Pleistocene #Molar #Fossils
Favorite speciemns from the Melrose Area Museum, Melrose, Minnesota now in full 3D on Sketchfab!
Bison occidentalis skull:
https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/melrose-mn-bison-skull-3499930913c04c59ba3a6a29a778b532
Proposed bison priscus horn core: https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/melrose-bison-horn-7c4853ab34db4e42ab0fbd6f7e8eea80
Linktree for more #LostBones : https://linktr.ee/lostbones
It’s a #LostBones #FossilFriday 🐘 🦥🐴🐪🐟 This mammoth specimen is not from #Minnesota, but you can see it here! This molar and partial jaw were found west of Fairbanks, Alaska, in the Tanana River Valley in 1975, until the fall of 2024 when it was donated to the Runestone Museum in Alexandria.
The museum also holds the controversial Kensington Runestone, proposed to provide evidence of pre-Columbian trans-Atlantic contact in Minnesota.
🐂 #LostBones #FossilFriday 🐘🦥🐴🐪🐟🍃Check out this beautiful crusty chunk of bison horncore and skullcap discovered near Barsness Park, Glenwood, Minnesota. This specimen was donated to the Pope County Historical Society in 2020.
@popecountymuseum @PCMuseum #GlenwoodMN #Pleistocene #Bison #Bisonbison #MinnesotaHistory #Paleontology #CitizenScience
See the link in my profile for more Pleistocene museum specimens and their sorties of discovery and preservation.
Lost Bones #3 (Can't Spot the Bison Teeth for the Gravel)
https://open.substack.com/pub/marcusbrandel/p/lost-bones-3-cant-spot-the-bison
#LostBones #FossilFroday #Pleistocene #Mammoth #Mammuthuscolumbi #MinnesotaHistory #Paleontology #CitizenScience
🐂 #LostBones #FossilFriday 🐘🍃Some pictures do capture a thousand words. This average bison skullcap has a story to tell. It's the most recent specimen I've traced to a massive bison bonebed in Anoka County, MN. From an eBay receipt to a 1993 auction and its charismatic owner in Ham Lake, it’s now proudly housed at the Minnesota Discovery Center in Chisholm. Want the full story? Check out my SubStack in the bio for all the details!
🐘 #lostbones #FossilFriday🦥
Mastodon specimens are fairly rare in Minnesota. Two of the state’s specimens, a molar found near Alexandria and a partial pelvis found near Kensington, are currently housed at the Runestone Museum in Alexandria. The museum also holds the controversial Kensington Runestone, an artifact proposed to provide evidence of pre-Columbian trans-Atlantic contact in MN.
#Mastodon #MinnesotaHistory #Pleistocene #Paleontology #LostBones #CitizenScience
#LostBones #FossilFriday! 🐂 Minnesota bones with a South Dakota home?! I visited Snake River Farm near Becker, MN last June. The farm is beautiful and unique. Modern bison graze on the property, while ancient bison (B. antiquus) are buried in black peat deposits along the stream, giving the property its name. The Mammoth Site of South Dakota excavated on site until 2022 and houses many Bison antiquus specimens, including three skulls previously in the farm's garage.
#lostbones #FossilFriday 🐂The Minnesota River valley at Granite Falls is almost 2 miles wide. It bends hard to navigate the 3.6 billion-year-old gneiss and granite bedrock that the city is famous for. River level fluctuations and rough terrain make the valley great for collecting sediment and burning bones! The County's Historical Society has elk, bison, and sheep specimens up to ~8K years old on display and is worth a visit!
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