Impressive Pleistocene Bison Skull from Minnesota

Description: This is certainly an intriguing fossil of an American icon, the Great Planes Buffalo. It was discovered by one of my associates, a very knowledgeable fossil collector and amateur paleontologist. It was collected many years ago on one of his research ventures. The skull is very solid and heavy. It has had absolutely no restoration or curation with chemical preservatives. Hence, no odor, or varnish like veneer. The skull top is relatively intact. Only missing are the bottom half of the left eye socket and tip of left horn. Being found this far north in Minnesota speaks volumes about the geographic range of this magnificent beast. An The species B. bison ranged throughout the Great Plains and midwest of North America from the Late Pleistocene until the Nineteenth Century before man's hunting drove it to near extinction. The species fell prey to heavy hunting by Europeans, and would now be extinct except for early conservation and breeding efforts. Still only found in national parks and state and private game preserves.