Bison skull, 65 cm wide, GER
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Located near Biebesheim am Rhein (Hesse), the gravel pit is a well-known site for fossils
of the steppe bison (Bison priscus) from the Upper Pleistocene (around 126,000-11,700 years ago).
This species of bison was a typical inhabitant of the Ice Age steppe plains of Europe and Asia,
where it roamed in large herds. With a shoulder height of up to 2 meters and imposing, outwardly
curved horns, the bovine was significantly larger than its descendant, today's European bison.
These animals preferred open grasslands and the cold steppe climate which prevailed during the Pleistocene.
The Biebesheim gravel pit is located in the northern Upper Rhine plain, where rivers deposited gravel
and sand during Pleistocene times. Those layers often contain fossils of Ice Age specimens.
The span between the horns is about 65 cm.
Age: Pleistocene
Locality: Gravel pit near Biebesheim am Rhein (Hessenaue), district of Groß-Gerau,
Hesse, Germany
Size: approx. 65 x 25 cm
Colors on product photos may differ slightly from those of the original specimen for technical reasons.
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Bone fragment with clearly visible bone structure and a well-preserved bone surface (periosteal side).Age: Pleistocene;Locality: North SeaSize: 12,5 x 6,5 x 3,5 cmThese massive animals mainly fed on tundra vegetation in the northern hemisphere. Their bones can be found in many ice-age sediments. With the end of the Ice Age, their subsistence disappeared and they became extinct, although a small group survived on Siberian islands until around 5000 BC.Colors in product photos may differ slightly from those of the original specimen for technical reasons.
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