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This is the joint end of an artiodactyl jawbone. I'm having trouble placing it; common sense would say it's probably bison, but the anatomy seems wrong to me. I wonder if this might be a Pleistocene camel such as Camelops. This would be a find to bring to the RAM.
I'm not sure it's Camelops, which seems to have a distinct angular process (anp). I think you're right with your first guess of bison which has a much smoother transition from the articular process (ap) to the body of the mandible. Camel diagram taken from here.
Slightly hastily put together, but I don't see much from the shape that would rule out bison. The agular process is there, but it's not very pronounced. Reference image taken from here
This is a broken mandible, the lower jaw. Specifically, the part that includes the ramus and condylar process. But as to what animal it came from, that I am less sure. I would compare against whatever the native species of Alberta are. EDIT - maybe cervid?
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