Table 1 The counted phytoliths and sponge spicules extracted from Gomphotherium molars of two species from the middle Miocene of the Halamagai Formation.
Specimen | Grass phytoliths | Eudicots phytoliths | Unclassed phytoliths | Sponge spicules | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bilobates short cell | Bulliform | Rondel | Square/ rectanglar | Reed-type bulliform | Long cell | Hair cell/ Hair base | Irregular multifaceted | Elongate | ||
Gomphotherium connexum V8573 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 7 |
G. connexum V8575 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 13 |
G. connexum V8576 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 22 | 7 | 11 | 10 |
G. connexum V18701 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
G. connexum V8574* | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
G. steinheimense V23283 | 25 | 20 | 9 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 |
? G. steinheimense V24891 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
