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Springfield man finds muskox vertebra from Ice Age

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A vertebra from an extinct Harlan's muskox is on display at the Illinois State Museum in Springfield.

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Tony Blisset tells reporters Friday how he discovered a vertebra from an extinct Harlan's muskox while wading in chin-deep water in the Sangamon River during a family outing.

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The vertebra of an extinct Harlan's muskox from the Ice Age went on display Friday at the Illinois State Museum after a Springfield man made the rare discovery in the drought-shallowed Sangamon River.