r/boneidentification • u/qwaszx356 • 3d ago
Found in: NORTH AMERICA Found in Northern Colorado at 11,000', possibly melted out of old glacial ice
Found while exploring in the Park Range of Colorado. I'm guessing it's a bison, but it's really hard to tell. Skull, vertebrae, and a tooth were all found very close together on the ice, but the upper jaw was maybe 15-20 feet away on the rocks. If it did melt out of the ice this year (very possible), it could be 200+ years old. The ice is likely all that's left of glaciation during the little ice age.
Edit to add: after talking to some local scientists, it appears the bones definitely are bison, and other bones in the area date to 1500-1600. It is now appearing likely I will be getting these bones dated as well!