Ancient Artifacts & Antiquities
Lot 300:
29 3/4" Extinct Occidentalis Bison Skull Fossil found in SW Iowa 11,700 to 5,000 BP
Extinct Occidentalis Bison Skull found in SW Iowa. Bison occidentalis is an extinct species of bison that lived in North America, in continental Eurasia and the Japanese archipelago from about 11,700 to 5,000 years ago, spanning the end of the Pleistocene to the mid-Holocene. This specimen was found washed out in a river where it cut in to an ancient lake bed. It measures approximately 29 2/4" from tip end to tip end.
Condition: Ancient Authentic
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