Even 30 years later, the bison is a rare specimen. 250000 to 10000 years ago. HISTORIC DISCOVERY – This steppe bison skull was discovered on April 26, 2012 in the Versleuce Meadows area of Whitehorse. Blue Babe is the only known display in the world of a Pleistocene bison recovered from permafrost. $2,500 (plus crating and shipping) A skull believed to have belonged to an ice age steppe bison is on its way to the Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre in Whitehorse, after it was reportedly uncovered on the Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk Highway last week.

University of Alaska Fairbanks researcher Daniel Mann holds a steppe bison skull, part of a rare complete skeleton he and fellow researcher Pamela Groves uncovered. University of Alaska Fairbanks researcher Daniel Mann holds a steppe bison skull from the last ice age that he and fellow UAF researcher Pamela Groves found together with the rest of its well-preserved skeleton.

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Condition is very good, see photos.

In order for ancient remains to preserve or fossilize, the organism or at least a portion of it must be buried soon after its death. Steppe bison were found in regions of Asia, Europe and North America.

Steppe Bison horns, (Bison priscus) Pleistocene Era With Partial Skull, 34” Long, they are separated and not connected by the skull plate. Figure 2.

Molded from a privately owned specimen.
The skull and bones have been preserved as part of the museum’s earth sciences collection.

Photo courtesy GOVERNMENT OF YUKON

The Steppe bison (Bison priscus) is an extinct species of bison from the Quaternary period, 2.5 million to 12,000 years ago. Share. They are individually screwed to the wood plaque. Jordan added that the skull once belonged to an adult bison priscus. Order: Artiodactyla. Also known as the steppe bison, the extinct creature weighed as much as 2,000 pounds and stood more than 6 feet tall. NPS Photo / Jeff Rasic. The species went extinct within the last 5,000 years, but the skull can help scientists learn more about how it lived. The Steppe Bison, Bison priscus or steppe wisent skull cast replica. Although the Arctic's frozen ground preserves bones remains exceptionally well, said Mann, it's rare to find such a complete skeleton.

May 18, 2014 - fossil Steppe bison skull from Alaska. The Steppe bison is an extinct species closely related to modern plains and woods bison. Steppe Bison Skull (image) University of California - Santa Cruz. Location: Alaska USA Age: 50,000 Years, Pleistocene .

The species went extinct within the last 5,000 years, but the skull can help scientists learn more about how it lived. This classic Pleistocene beast is also known as the STEPPE WISENT.