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Happy #LostBones #FossilFriday! 🐴🦣🐂🦥🍃🐪🐟 Was on the road this week with @dr_crocogator to retrieve specimen #4! This beauty of a horse molar (right p2) is from Wright County, Minnesota.

It was found on the shore of Olson’s Point on Buffalo Lake in 1976 and was currently housed at the Wright County Historical Society in Buffalo.

www.wrighthistory.org
📖Notes: https://substack.com/profile/74732696-marcus-brandel/note/c-210629991

#pleistocene #equus #palaeontology #citizenscience #horse #iceage #mnmuseums

Marcus Brandel Nov 23

🦬🐘🦥🐪 For #FossilFriday Highway crews in the 1960s uncovered Ice Age megafauna while building Interstate 94 in central Minnesota. Among the finds were the tibia bones of multiple bison — the fifth most common veribrate mammal element I’ve documented in collections across the Midwest. Each bone carries data from ancient herds roaming post-glacial midwestern landscapes.

#Pleistocene #AnokaSandPlain #BisonOccidentalis #Palaeontology #Fossils #Mnmuseums #CitizenScience

Marcus Brandel Sep 21, 2025

#goodhuecountyhistory #lostbones #citizenscience #fossilfriday #mnmuseums - The Goodhue County Historical Society tops my list. Not only do they feature some of my favorite megafauna specimens—like bison, mammoth, and giant beaver—but they also offer a wide array of historical, archaeological, and regional displays that highlight the rich cultural and natural heritage of the Red Wing area.