16.1" Fossil Rhino (Coelodonta) Right Mandible - Germany
This is a 16.1" long partial lower jaw (right mandible) of Coelodonta antiquitatis, the extinct woolly rhinoceros. It is Pleistocene in age and comes from southwestern Germany. Based on its size, this jaw came from a fully grown adult. Five original molars are still in place and are nicely preserved. The front end of the jaw has been repaired.
It comes with a display stand.
It comes with a display stand.
The woolly rhinoceros (Coelodonta antiquitatis) is an extinct species of rhinoceros that was common throughout Europe and northern Asia during the Pleistocene epoch. As the last and most derived member of the Pleistocene rhinoceros lineage, the woolly rhinoceros was well adapted to its environment. Stocky limbs and thick woolly fur made it well suited to the steppe-tundra environment that it lived in.
The wooly rhino grew to 11 feet in length and stood 6 feet at its shoulders. It had a huge pair of horns that grew inline on its snout. The front horn grew to lengths in excess of 3 feet. Like modern rhinos, wooly rhinoceroses had horns composed of keratin. They first appeared in the fossil record 1.8 million years ago and went extinct as recently as 10,000 years ago.
The wooly rhino grew to 11 feet in length and stood 6 feet at its shoulders. It had a huge pair of horns that grew inline on its snout. The front horn grew to lengths in excess of 3 feet. Like modern rhinos, wooly rhinoceroses had horns composed of keratin. They first appeared in the fossil record 1.8 million years ago and went extinct as recently as 10,000 years ago.
SPECIES
Coelodonta antiquitatis
LOCATION
Rhine River, Eich, Germany
SIZE
16.1" long
CATEGORY
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ITEM
#295840
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