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Science 19 October 1979:
Vol. 206. no. 4416, pp. 331 - 333
DOI: 10.1126/science.206.4416.331
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Fossil Grass Anthoecia Within Miocene Rhinoceros Skeletons: Diet in an Extinct Species

MICHAEL R. VOORHIES 1 and JOSEPH R. THOMASSON 2

1 Division of Vertebrate Paleontology, University of Nebraska State Museum, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588
2 Division of Science and Mathematics, Black Hills State College, Spearfish, South Dakota 57783

Silicified anthoecia (fertile le'mmas and paleas) of grasses (Berriochloa communis, Berriochloa primaeva, and Berriohldoa cf. nova) were found in, the oral cavity and rib cage articulated skeletons of Teleoceras major buried in late Clarendonian volcanic ash in. Nebraska The plant fossils, thought to be food residues, help clarify, the enigmatic paleobiological role, of Teleocears, which had hippotamus-like porportions but very high-crowned teeth. Telecoceras was probably amphbious, but siliceous grasses formed a significant portion of its diet.

Submitted on May 11, 1979
Revised on July 2, 1979


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