Rhino Ulna Florida Miocene Fossils

Outstanding preservation.  Highly detailed and crisp.  The distal end became separated and was still somehwhat protected from the tannins in the water and is a different color.  Some of the fossils from this site that were found in the clay had a light tan color. 

Complete limb bones from Florida are not common at all. 

Teleoceras proterum was a chunky, low-slung prehistoric rhino that lived in Florida during the Miocene, when the state was warmer and threaded with slow, muddy rivers. Shaped more like a hippo than a modern rhino, it spent much of its day hanging around the water’s edge, wading in to cool off and lounging in the shallows for protection. These animals were relaxed but constant grazers, quietly munching on soft grasses, reeds, and riverside plants. Over time, their remains settled into river sediments, where minerals darkened the bone into deep brown and black tones. Holding a piece of Teleoceras is like holding a moment from a calmer world, when rhinos wandered Florida’s waterways at an unhurried pace, long before people ever set foot there.