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19.1" Fossil Rhino (Coelodonta) Right Mandible - Poland
This is a 19.1" long partial lower jaw (right mandible) of Coelodonta antiquitatis, the extinct woolly rhinoceros. It is Pleistocene in age and comes from deposits along the San River in southeastern Poland. Based on its size, this jaw came from a fully grown adult. Three original molars are still in place and are nicely preserved. The jaw has undergone no repair or restoration.
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.
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
Southeastern Poland
SIZE
19.1" long
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#295863
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