A RARE FOSSILISED SKULL OF AN EXTINCT STEPPE BISON, AT LEAST 10,000 YEARS OLD
(BISON PRISCUS), from Sibera, late Pleistocene period, ice age, the almost complete fossil skull including teeth and well preserved horns, raised on a purpose-made, metal and ebonised display stand,
the skull and horns 80cm high x 87cm wide, 116cm high on stand,
Provenance: The Yorkshire Skeleton Museum.
Steppe Bison lived in what is now Europe, and North America during the Late Pliocene to Late Pleistocene from 2 million years ago to 10,000 years ago. During this period, the were known to have coexisted with various other pre-historic animals such as Megaloceros, Arctotherium, Arctodus, Cave Lions, Cave Hyenas, Dire Wolves, Woolly Rhinoceros, American Mastodon and Woolly Mammoths. They also coexisted with humans like Neanderthals.
A RARE FOSSILISED SKULL OF AN EXTINCT STEPPE BISON, AT LEAST 10,000 YEARS OLD
(BISON PRISCUS), from Sibera, late Pleistocene period, ice age, the almost complete fossil skull including teeth and well preserved horns, raised on a purpose-made, metal and ebonised display stand,
the skull and horns 80cm high x 87cm wide, 116cm high on stand,
Provenance: The Yorkshire Skeleton Museum.
Steppe Bison lived in what is now Europe, and North America during the Late Pliocene to Late Pleistocene from 2 million years ago to 10,000 years ago. During this period, the were known to have coexisted with various other pre-historic animals such as Megaloceros, Arctotherium, Arctodus, Cave Lions, Cave Hyenas, Dire Wolves, Woolly Rhinoceros, American Mastodon and Woolly Mammoths. They also coexisted with humans like Neanderthals.
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