How to identify age of a bison skull

[stephv]

I am in need of help with identifying the age of a bison skull I found. It was buried in the Red River bottom in Oklahoma.
I found 2 antiquus skulls online that were identical to mine but I want to be sure as I will probably sell this.
Thank you so much for your time.

[Hal Gorges]

Glad you joined the forum,, Someone will be along shortly with answers....

[Lindenmeier-Man]

People don’t see many in that shape. First thing I’d worry with is preservation ! I’ve never found one, likely not to find such a specimen . It’s old, very old...

[stephv]

It is only missing one tooth, that is actually how I found it. It was upside down with one row of teeth just barely exposed.
Do you think it is an antiquus?

[Lindenmeier-Man]

Yes

[Lindenmeier-Man]

I’ll send you a private message to a friend, a curator for a museum in Arkansas , send him pics of the skull. Tell him JJ told you to send him the pics...Tell him in text details..

[stephv]

Oh goody!
Thank you so much for your input.

[SurfaceHunter]

I wish I could find stuff like that. Soil just eats them up.

[stephv]

Yea, I was surprised at the condition but.maybe having been submerged like that it helped? ha, I don't know.

[Rio Del Norte]

Bill may be a good source of determining the age too.

http://www.wbreckinridge.com/skullPreserving.html

[stephv]

thank you so much for the suggestion. I just sent him an email.😊