Coelodonta antiquitatis (Woolly Rhino)

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X752
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$200.00
Overview

A TOP QUALITY, EXTRA LARGE Coelodonta antiquitatis tooth - the Woolly Rhinoceros. This Ice Age monster lived during the Pleistocene  throughout Europe and northern Asia. This molar is complete and well preserved. Rhino material is scarer than Mammoth fossils. An excellent display piece from Siberia, Russia. Authenticity guaranteed. 

X752       SIZE: 3-1/8" Height  x 2" x 2-1/4"

Note - Posting 5 Woolly Rhinoceras teeth / jaws in October 2022.   Link to Rhinocereas teeth.

 

Coelodonta antiquitatis, the woolly rhinoceros, is an extinct species of rhinoceros that was common throughout Europe and northern Asia during the Pleistocene epoch. The genus name Coelodonta means "cavity tooth". The woolly rhinoceros was a member of the Pleistocene megafauna. The woolly rhino was an unusually large Ice Age mammal  that 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 with a front horn reaching 3 feet in length.