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Mammals (Mammalogy)
Fossils ➔ Fossil, Musk Ox Skull Bootherium Bombifrons

Identifier:
11423
Description:
Upper cranium and horn cores. Dark brown, 3' animal's left horn core broken and badly repaired. Pleistocene Epoch - 10,000 to 15,000 ya;Type specimen for Bootherium sargentii, later reclassified as smaller female of Bootherium bombifrons.;Collected for museum by Director Sargent
Dimensions:
18.5" h 1" w 3" d
Current Location Status:
On Exhibit
Collection Tier:
Tier 1
Source:
Gift Of Herbert Sargent
Exhibit/Program:
F is for Fossils (after 2001)
Related Entity:
Herbert E. Sargent (donor)
Director of the Kent Scientific Institute