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[Wayne george]

Recently i was fortunate to find a buffalo skull believed to be 2-5 thousand years old actually in late march of 2024 right after 3 rd round of chemo   Buffalo#1. Then two days ago all treatments were stopped with no good news so again i resorted to fishing and low and behold while walking in water 20 yards from first one i found , but this one was in water submerged. Im hoping someone can possibly tell me what ive run across. Also have two rib bones and the ladt skull i believe whole skeleton is there. Love to here what ya come up with and thank you

[C2fossils]

What is the horn span (tip to tip)? That will help get it down to species (if possible, as there is a lot of overlap with bison species).

[Jaybot]

2 hours ago, Wayne george said:

Recently i was fortunate to find a buffalo skull believed to be 2-5 thousand years old actually in late march of 2024 right after 3 rd round of chemo   Buffalo#1. Then two days ago all treatments were stopped with no good news so again i resorted to fishing and low and behold while walking in water 20 yards from first one i found , but this one was in water submerged. Im hoping someone can possibly tell me what ive run across. Also have two rib bones and the ladt skull i believe whole skeleton is there. Love to here what ya come up with and thank you

 

36 minutes ago, C2fossils said:

What is the horn span (tip to tip)? That will help get it down to species (if possible, as there is a lot of overlap with bison species).

Nice find!  You definitely have a bison skull, but to determine if it's an extinct species we will need the exact horn tip to horn tip measurement.

From looking at your photos, I think it looks like it's over 30 in.....  If so, then it might be the extinct Bison antiquus. 

 

Here's a chart for reference:

 

[Jaybot]

Also, if the whole skeleton is there- you might have found a once in a lifetime discovery!