Skull, Bison

Object/Artifact

Fort la Reine Museum

Bison Skull

Name/Title

Skull, Bison

Entry/Object ID

0000.036.1

Description

4000 year old female bison skull - with horns Located at a farm near Oakland MB while digging a well

Context

Skeletal Elements: Complete Skull Era: Cenozoic Epoch: Holocene Habitat: Prairie Grassland Kingdom: Animalia (Animals) Phylum: Chordata (Chordates) Class: Mammalia (Mammals) Order: Artiodactyla (Even-toed ungulates) Family: Bovidae (Bison, cow, sheep, goat) Subfamily: Bovinae Genus: Bison Species: Bison Preservation: Located in heated building Sex of Specimen: Female

Collection

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