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It's National Museum Day!
Want to find a Minnesota Museum?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_museums_in_Minnesota
Try not to hit them all at once.
#lostbones #nationalmuseumday #paleontology #iceage #fossil #amateurfossilhunters #shareyourdiscovery #citizenscience #sciencemuseumofmn
#lostbones #nationalmuseumday #paleontology #IceAge #fossil #amateurfossilhunters #shareyourdiscovery #citizenscience #sciencemuseumofmn
π±π΄πͺ Sabretooth cats roamed the Midwest! Recent information released by Iowa State University describes a sub-adult male Smilodon skull found on the East Ninshnabotna River near Shenandoah Iowa.
Researchers used radiocarbon dating to age the Iowa cat to ~13,500 years. The find adds to a total of only about 70 Smilodon specimens found across the country and a 1st in Iowa.
#pleistocene #smilodon #paleontology #shareyourdiscovery #amateurfossilhunters #citizenscience
https://www.news.iastate.edu/news/2023/03/30/sabertooth-skull
#pleistocene #smilodon #paleontology #shareyourdiscovery #amateurfossilhunters #citizenscience
π±π΄πͺπ Sabretooth cats roamed the Midwest! Recent information released by Iowa State University describes a subadult male Smilodon found on the East Ninshnabotna River near Shenandoah.
The researchers used radiocarbon dating to age the cat to ~13,500 years. The find adds to a total of only about 70 specimens found across the country. ππ
#pleistocene #machairodont #smilodon #paleontology #fossil #shareyourdiscovery #amateurfossilhunters #citizenscience
https://www.news.iastate.edu/news/2023/03/30/sabertooth-skull
ISU Photo
#pleistocene #machairodont #smilodon #paleontology #fossil #shareyourdiscovery #amateurfossilhunters #citizenscience
Itβs #Minnesota #MammalMonday! π΄π¦¬πͺπ¦£π¦₯π¦«π Horses made America β feeding the American big cats during the Pleistocene and both transporting and feeding modern humans during the Holocene.
This skull from Bannack, Montana, and butchered tibia from New Ulm, Minnesota highlight both the modern mystique and the utility of the horse.
#Pleistocene #Equus #tibia #shareyourdiscovery #Holocene #iceage #amateurfossilhunters #citizenscience
#minnesota #mammalmonday #pleistocene #equus #tibia #shareyourdiscovery #Holocene #IceAge #amateurfossilhunters #citizenscience
HAPPY #MINNESOTA #FOSSILFRIDAY! π¦¬πͺπ¦£π¦₯π¦«π WHAT IS THE MOST COMMON BISON BISON SPECIMEN FOUND IN RIVER GRAVELS BESIDES TEETH IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA? IT'S USUALLY A METACARPAL OR A METATARSAL.THESE STOUT SOLID BONES SURVIVE WELL WITHIN A RIVER'S FLUVIAL PROCESSES. HERE ARE A FEW EXAMPLE SPECIMENS.𦴠@darwin #PLEISTOCENE #BISONBISON #METACARPAL #METATARSAL #SHAREYOURDISCOVERY #HOLOCENE #ICEAGE #BISON #AMATEURFOSSILHUNTERS #CITIZENSCIENCE
#minnesota #fossilfriday #pleistocene #bisonbison #metacarpal #metatarsal #shareyourdiscovery #Holocene #IceAge #bison #amateurfossilhunters #citizenscience
Happy #Minnesota #FossilFriday! π¦¬πͺπ¦£π¦₯π¦«π What is the most common Bison bison specimen found in river gravels besides teeth in Southern Minnesota? It's usually a metacarpal or a metatarsal.
These stout solid bones survive well within a river's fluvial processes. Here are a few example specimens.π¦΄
#Pleistocene #Bisonbison #metacarpal #metatarsal #shareyourdiscovery #Holocene #iceage #bison #amateurfossilhunters #citizenscience
#minnesota #fossilfriday #pleistocene #bisonbison #metacarpal #metatarsal #shareyourdiscovery #Holocene #IceAge #bison #amateurfossilhunters #citizenscience
Happy #Minnesota #FossilFriday!πͺπ¦£π¦₯π¦¬π𦫠What are the most common Bison bison specimens found in river gravels besides teeth in Southern Minnesota? It's usually a metacarpal or a metatarsal.
These stout solid bones survive well well within a river's fluvial processes. Here are a few example specimens.π¦΄
#Pleistocene #Bisonbison #metacarpal #metatarsal #shareyourdiscovery #Holocene #iceage #bison #amateurfossilhunters #citizenscience
#minnesota #fossilfriday #pleistocene #bisonbison #metacarpal #metatarsal #shareyourdiscovery #Holocene #IceAge #bison #amateurfossilhunters #citizenscience
It's #Minnesota #FossilFriday!ππͺ𦣠Xiphactinus or Ichthyodectes, that is the question. This vertebra was found on a gravel bar in Southern Minnesota by a friend.
Xiphactinus and the smaller Ichthyodectes were 3-6 meter fish that swam the Cretaceous Western Interior Seaway which covered the central United States for over 40 million years. π¦«π¦¬π
Now donated to the Science Museum of Minnesota.
#shareyourdiscovery #sciencemuseumofmn #pleistocene #vertebra #amateurfossilhunters #citizenscience
#minnesota #fossilfriday #shareyourdiscovery #sciencemuseumofmn #pleistocene #vertebra #amateurfossilhunters #citizenscience
Its #Minnesota #FossilFriday!πͺπ¦£π¦₯π¦¬π𦫠Xiphactinus or Ichthyodectes - that is the question. The vertebra below was found on a river gravel bar by a friend. Xiphactinus and the smaller Ichthyodectes were 3-6 meter fish that swam the late Cretaceous Western Interior Seaway which covered southern Minnesota 100 million years ago.
Now donated to the Science Museum of Minnesota for further research.
#shareyourdiscovery #sciencemuseumofmn #pleistocene # vertebra #amateurfossilhunters #citizenscience
#minnesota #fossilfriday #shareyourdiscovery #sciencemuseumofmn #pleistocene #amateurfossilhunters #citizenscience
Happy #Minnesota #FossilFriday!π¦¬ππ¦£πͺ𦣠Here is a beefy Bison bison humerus found last fall by a friend of mine in Southern Minnesota. It was found eroding out of the side of a small tributary about 4 feet below the soil surface β just downhill from a tee box on a local golf course. β³
It has since been donated to the Science Museum of Minnesota for further study.
#shareyourdiscovery #sciencemuseumofmn #holocene #pleistocene #iceage #bison #bison #humerus #amateurfossilhunters #citizenscience
#minnesota #fossilfriday #shareyourdiscovery #sciencemuseumofmn #Holocene #pleistocene #IceAge #bison #humerus #amateurfossilhunters #citizenscience
It's #Minnesota #MammothMonday. π¦£π¦· More Southern Minnesota proboscideans! - see my previous #MammothMonday posts. Here's a partial tooth found in 2019. It was found stuck in the muddy river bottom along a river cut bank. Surprisingly not fully tumbled apart. The rest of the animal could be close! Donated to the #sciencemuseumofmn. π¦£π¦₯π΄πͺπ¦¬π
#proboscidean #iceage #tooth #columbianmammoth #shareyourdiscovery #pleistocene #paleontology #amateurfossilhunters #citizenscience #mammoth :tusky_scientist:
#minnesota #mammothmonday #sciencemuseumofmn #proboscidean #IceAge #tooth #columbianmammoth #shareyourdiscovery #pleistocene #paleontology #amateurfossilhunters #citizenscience #mammoth
Happy #Minnesota #FossilFriday. π¦¬ππ¦£π¦₯π΄πͺ More Bison bison! I found this 47cm bison femur partially buried in a riverbed in Southern Minnesota. It has been donated to the Science Museum of Minnesota for further research. See my previous #fossilfriday posts and the Specimen Spotlight video below for more. π¦¬
#sciencemuseummn #shareyourdiscovery #pleistocene #paleontology #bisonbison #fossils #amateurfossilhunters #citizenscience #iceage
#minnesota #fossilfriday #sciencemuseummn #shareyourdiscovery #pleistocene #paleontology #bisonbison #fossils #amateurfossilhunters #citizenscience #IceAge
Happy #Minnesota #FossilFriday. π¦£π¦₯π΄πͺπ¦¬π More Bison bison! I found this 47cm Bison bison femur partially buried in a riverbed in Southern Minnesota. It has been donated to the Science Museum of Minnesota for further research. See my previous #fossilfriday posts and the Specimen Spotlight video below for more.
#sciencemuseummn #shareyourdiscovery #pleistocene #paleontology #bisonbison #fossils #amateurfossilhunters #citizenscience #iceage
#minnesota #fossilfriday #sciencemuseummn #shareyourdiscovery #pleistocene #paleontology #bisonbison #fossils #amateurfossilhunters #citizenscience #IceAge
It's #Minnesota #MammothMonday. π¦£π¦₯π΄πͺπ¦¬π More Southern Minnesota mammoths! - see my previous #MammothMonday posts. Here's a fragment of a tusk found in 2019. It is the "outer bark" - not dentine or ivory but cementum. 𦣠Now, where is the rest of the animal!? #proboscidean #iceage #columbianmammoth, #shareyourdiscovery, #pleistocene, #paleontology, #amateurfossilhunters, #citizenscience
#minnesota #mammothmonday #proboscidean #IceAge #columbianmammoth #shareyourdiscovery #pleistocene #paleontology #amateurfossilhunters #citizenscience
#SeptarianSunday! π π¦£π¦₯ Sometimes when out fossil hunting I also come across the occasional sedimentary anomaly. This septarian nodule was found along the Crow River in central Minnesota on a gravel bar. It is very loosely formed but I βdigβ it! π¦¬π𦫠#shareyourdiscovery #cretaceous #geology #concretion #fossils #amateurfossilhunters #citezenscience
#septariansunday #shareyourdiscovery #cretaceous #geology #concretion #fossils #amateurfossilhunters #citezenscience
π΄ Happy #Minnesota #FossilFriday! The next year of the horse isn't until 2026 but the last couple of years have uncovered many horse specimens for me and a fellow fossil hunter. Horse specimens for us are second only to Bison bison finds. One of these teeth, if verified, will be the first Pleistocene horse documented in Minnesota! #holocene #pleistocene #equus #horse #fossil #tooth #humerus #femur #tibia #paleontology, #amateurfossilhunters, #citezenscience #shareyourdiscovery π¦¬π¦£π¦₯πͺ
#minnesota #fossilfriday #Holocene #pleistocene #equus #horse #fossil #tooth #humerus #femur #tibia #paleontology #amateurfossilhunters #citezenscience #shareyourdiscovery
It's #Minnesota #MammothMonday π¦£π¦¬π¦₯ Continuing to share some hometown, New Ulm, MN history. Below is a mammoth π¦· which was found in 1912 during street construction, a 2nd π¦· was found in 1929 (Specimen No. 3991 http://umn.edu collection), and in 2020 a mammoth hip and tusk! - see my previous #MammothMonday post. The π¦· below is housed at the Brown County Historical Society.
#columbianmammoth, #shareyourdiscovery, #Pleistocene, #paleontology, #amateurfossilhunters, #citezenscience
#minnesota #mammothmonday #columbianmammoth #shareyourdiscovery #pleistocene #paleontology #amateurfossilhunters #citezenscience
#mastodonsanyday πͺπ¦£π¦₯π¦¬π𦫠Fun family find in #nebraska
#shareyourdiscovery #pleistocene #paleontology #mastodon #fossils #amateurfossilhunters #citezenscience
#mastodonsanyday #nebraska #shareyourdiscovery #pleistocene #paleontology #Mastodon #fossils #amateurfossilhunters #citezenscience
Fun find for #Minnesota #FossilFriday! π¦₯π»ππ¦£π¦¬π΄πͺ Here is a bear maxilla found by a friend recently in Southern Minnesota. Not sure about the age yet but it was found eroding out of the side of a crick bed with about 4 ft. of topsoil above it! It has been donated to the #sciencemuseumofminnsota for further research.
#pleistocene #paleontology #ursusmaericanus, #amateurfossilhunters, #shareyourdiscovery, #fossil, #mandible
#minnesota #fossilfriday #sciencemuseumofminnsota #pleistocene #paleontology #ursusmaericanus #amateurfossilhunters #shareyourdiscovery #fossil #mandible
𦬠Happy #Minnesota #FossilFriday. An oldie but a goodie. Found on a river bed in 2019 in Southern Minnesota. 40cm ~Ice Age Bison bison jaw. Donated to the
#sciencemuseumofminnesota. π¦¬
#shareyourdiscovery #pleistocene #paleontology #bisonbison #fossils #amateurfossilhunters
#minnesota #fossilfriday #sciencemuseumofminnesota #shareyourdiscovery #pleistocene #paleontology #bisonbison #fossils #amateurfossilhunters