Fossil Rhino in Matrix
Teleoceras
Miocene
Nebraska, USA
Teleoceras was a grazing rhinoceros that possessed much shorter legs than the modern rhino, making its build more like a hippopotamus than a modern rhinoceros. It is possible that it was also, like the hippo, semi-aquatic. Teleoceras lived in North American during the Miocene through the Early Pliocene. The present specimen is mounted on a faux matrix and displays much of the postcranial skeleton.
Measures 44 x 25 x 25in
Miocene
Nebraska, USA
Teleoceras was a grazing rhinoceros that possessed much shorter legs than the modern rhino, making its build more like a hippopotamus than a modern rhinoceros. It is possible that it was also, like the hippo, semi-aquatic. Teleoceras lived in North American during the Miocene through the Early Pliocene. The present specimen is mounted on a faux matrix and displays much of the postcranial skeleton.
Measures 44 x 25 x 25in
Estimate:
US$ 7,500 - 10,000
£5,000 - 6,600
€5,800 - 7,800
£5,000 - 6,600
€5,800 - 7,800
Lot heading
From the George Lee Collection, Southern California
Category: Natural History
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