Itβs #Minnesota #FossilFriday! ππ¦£π¦₯π΄πͺπ¦¬π Back up 95 million years from last Fridayβs #lostBones #bison skull cap - here are some Cretaceous leaf fossils found along the Cottonwood River while working with staff from the Science Museum of Minnesota.
These fossils were found within a patchy broken stratum of Cretaceous-age sandstone and clay.
#Cretaceous #leaf #fossils #paleontology #shareyourdiscovery #citizenscience #sciencemuseumofmn
#minnesota #fossilfriday #lostbones #bison #cretaceous #LEAF #fossils #paleontology #shareyourdiscovery #citizenscience #sciencemuseumofmn
Itβs #Minnesota #FossilFriday! π¦₯π π π΄πͺππThere are no documented Pleistocene-age horse specimens in Minnesota. The small size of this m3 tooth has me hopeful. It's about 25mm in length across the crown.
Found by a friend on a river gravel bar it will be donated to the Science Museum of Minnesota for further study.
#pleistocene #equus #molar #paleontology #fossil #shareyourdiscovery #citizenscience #sciencemuseumofmn
#minnesota #fossilfriday #pleistocene #equus #molar #paleontology #fossil #shareyourdiscovery #citizenscience #sciencemuseumofmn
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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
Missing #Mammoth! π¦£πͺπ¦£π¦₯π¦¬π𦫠The New Ulm, MN mammoth tusk is missing! If you are wondering where it went β itβs back at the Science Museum of Minnesota where it is being fitted for a new display case!
The Brown County Historical Society is working with the museumβs exhibit services team to create a case that will keep the tusk safe and stable for generations to come.
browncountyhistorymn.org
#Pleistocene #columbianmammoth #shareyourdiscovery #sciencemuseumofmn #proboscidean #paleontology
#mammoth #pleistocene #columbianmammoth #shareyourdiscovery #sciencemuseumofmn #proboscidean #paleontology
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¦¬πNOW DONATED TO THE SCIENCE MUSEUM OF MINNESOTA.@darwin #SHAREYOURDISCOVERY #SCIENCEMUSEUMOFMN #PLEISTOCENE #VERTEBRA #PALEONTOLOGY #CITIZENSCIENCE
#minnesota #fossilfriday #shareyourdiscovery #sciencemuseumofmn #pleistocene #vertebra #paleontology #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