Description
- Coelodonta antiquitatis – Woolly Rhinoceros
- Pleistocene
- Permafrost
- Siberia, Russia
- Specimen measures approx. 2.5″ x 2.5″
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 rhino was an unusually large Ice Age mammal that grew to 11 feet in length and stood 6 feet at its shoulders, with long woolly hair and unusually large pair of horns reaching over 3 feet in length.
