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16.7" Fossil Woolly Rhino (Coelodonta) Mandible - Siberia
This is a nicely preserved fossil jaw section from a woolly rhinoceros (Coelodonta antiquitatis). The jaw has four of its original molars still in place, all of which are in excellent condition. This fossil comes from Siberia, Russia, where many Woolly Mammoth and Rhino fossils are unearthed. It would have come from the right side of the mandible, with a small portion of the anterior-left side of the mandible still intact.
Comes with an acrylic-metal display stand.
There is a repaired crack just anterior to the molar which required some minor gap fill restoration.
Comes with an acrylic-metal display stand.
There is a repaired crack just anterior to the molar which required some minor gap fill restoration.
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.
Artist's reconstruction of a woolly rhino.
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.
Artist's reconstruction of a woolly rhino.
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
Siberia, Russia
SIZE
16.7 x 6.2"
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#235431
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