Marcus Brandel · @Sergeir
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It’s ! πŸƒπŸ¦£πŸ¦₯🐴πŸͺ🦬🐟 Back up 95 million years from last Friday’s 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.

#minnesota #fossilfriday #lostbones #bison #cretaceous #LEAF #fossils #paleontology #shareyourdiscovery #citizenscience #sciencemuseumofmn

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Marcus Brandel · @Sergeir
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It’s ! πŸ¦₯πŸƒ 🐘 🐴πŸͺπŸŸπŸƒThere 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.

#minnesota #fossilfriday #pleistocene #equus #molar #paleontology #fossil #shareyourdiscovery #citizenscience #sciencemuseumofmn

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Marcus Brandel · @Sergeir
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Marcus Brandel · @Sergeir
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Missing ! 🦣πŸͺ🦣πŸ¦₯πŸ¦¬πŸ‚πŸ¦« The New Ulm, MN mammoth tusk is missing! If you are wondering where it went – it’s 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 museum’s exhibit services team to create a case that will keep the tusk safe and stable for generations to come.

browncountyhistorymn.org

#mammoth #pleistocene #columbianmammoth #shareyourdiscovery #sciencemuseumofmn #proboscidean #paleontology

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Huxley · @huxley
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IT'S ! 🐟πŸͺ🦣 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. πŸ¦«πŸ¦¬πŸƒNOW DONATED TO THE SCIENCE MUSEUM OF MINNESOTA.@darwin

#minnesota #fossilfriday #shareyourdiscovery #sciencemuseumofmn #pleistocene #vertebra #paleontology #citizenscience

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Marcus Brandel · @Sergeir
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It's !🐟πŸͺ🦣 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. πŸ¦«πŸ¦¬πŸƒ

Now donated to the Science Museum of Minnesota.

#minnesota #fossilfriday #shareyourdiscovery #sciencemuseumofmn #pleistocene #vertebra #amateurfossilhunters #citizenscience

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Marcus Brandel · @Sergeir
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Its !πŸͺ🦣πŸ¦₯πŸ¦¬πŸ‚πŸ¦« 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.

# vertebra

#minnesota #fossilfriday #shareyourdiscovery #sciencemuseumofmn #pleistocene #amateurfossilhunters #citizenscience

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Marcus Brandel · @Sergeir
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Happy !πŸ¦¬πŸƒπŸ¦£πŸͺ🦣 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 – just downhill from a tee box on a local golf course. β›³

It has since been donated to the Science Museum of Minnesota for further study.

#minnesota #fossilfriday #shareyourdiscovery #sciencemuseumofmn #Holocene #pleistocene #IceAge #bison #humerus #amateurfossilhunters #citizenscience

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Marcus Brandel · @Sergeir
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It's . 🦣🦷 More Southern Minnesota proboscideans! - see my previous 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 . 🦣πŸ¦₯🐴πŸͺπŸ¦¬πŸƒ

:tusky_scientist:

#minnesota #mammothmonday #sciencemuseumofmn #proboscidean #IceAge #tooth #columbianmammoth #shareyourdiscovery #pleistocene #paleontology #amateurfossilhunters #citizenscience #mammoth

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