<![CDATA[Bones]]> http://www.museum.state.il.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=2026 en-us Gallery 2 RSS Module, version 1.1.0 Fri, 24 May 2013 16:55:41 -0500 120 http://www.museum.state.il.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=2030 <![CDATA[Bones]]> http://www.museum.state.il.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=2026 <![CDATA[Bear_skull.jpg]]> http://www.museum.state.il.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=2068 http://www.museum.state.il.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=2068 ]]> photo Thu, 25 May 2006 16:37:07 -0500 <![CDATA[Sloth skeleton]]> http://www.museum.state.il.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=2064 http://www.museum.state.il.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=2064
An assortment of sloth bones]]> photo Thu, 25 May 2006 16:45:49 -0500 <![CDATA[Mastodont Mandible]]> http://www.museum.state.il.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=2061 http://www.museum.state.il.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=2061
At the Boney Spring paleontological site, many bones of mastodonts were found.]]> photo Fri, 21 Sep 2007 17:37:07 -0500 <![CDATA[Jaguar skull]]> http://www.museum.state.il.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=2058 http://www.museum.state.il.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=2058
When the climate was warmer, jaguars roamed the Midwestern U.S. As Illinois cooled off during the Ice Ages, they migrated south. Today they are found in Central America.]]> photo Thu, 25 May 2006 16:43:50 -0500 <![CDATA[Mastodont Femora]]> http://www.museum.state.il.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=2055 http://www.museum.state.il.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=2055
These are two upper leg bones of a mastodont.]]> photo Fri, 21 Sep 2007 17:35:40 -0500 <![CDATA[Mastodont Tooth]]> http://www.museum.state.il.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=2043 http://www.museum.state.il.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=2043 ]]> photo Fri, 21 Sep 2007 17:36:11 -0500 <![CDATA[Mammoth tooth]]> http://www.museum.state.il.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=2040 http://www.museum.state.il.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=2040
Mammoth teeth have ridges on them that allowed the animal to grind up coarse grasses.]]> photo Thu, 25 May 2006 16:41:28 -0500 <![CDATA[Bison skull]]> http://www.museum.state.il.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=2031 http://www.museum.state.il.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=2031
Bison lived on the Illinois prairie as far back as 2,000 years ago. The Museum has found bison remains at more than 130 Illinois sites.]]> photo Thu, 25 May 2006 16:39:02 -0500 <![CDATA[Bat skull]]> http://www.museum.state.il.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=2027 http://www.museum.state.il.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=2027
This skull is from a bat that may have lived in a cave.]]> photo Thu, 25 May 2006 16:37:59 -0500