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Above two photos show BOTH completely intact and superb joints with no fabrication or repair!
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WOOLLY RHINO COMPLETE RADIUS - North Sea, Holland LATE PLEISTOCENE PERIOD: 25,000 years ago Of all the high quality Woolly Rhino bones you will come across, here is a fantastic specimen that is 100% natural and complete with NO RESTORATION and NO REPAIR. In cases where we have seen every Woolly Rhino bone being sold either mostly fabrication or incomplete, this specimen cannot be compared to the typical commercial quality scraps that occasionally make it to the market of these wonderful extinct beasts. A picture is worth a thousand words with the above images displaying one of the finest Woolly Rhino bones you will encounter and at a very affordable price for such a rarity considering it is complete without any restoration. Even in the poorest of conditions, complete Wooly rhino bones are HIGHLY uncommon. The above images attest to its state of preservation including dramatic bone grain and BOTH glass-like, dense joints. The entire bone has been chemically treated to preserve its exceptionally rare condition and is very heavy. RARE and recommended! Beginning in eastern Asia about 1.8 million years ago, the giant Wooly Rhinoceros, known scientifically as Coelodonta antiquitatis, migrated into Europe and became well-suited to the harsh environment there that existed in our last Ice Age. The animal's massive body and long, shaggy fur allowed it to withstand the severe cold and barren land as it fed on vegetation of the steppe and tundra of Eurasia. 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 rhinoceros had horns composed of keratin. Unlike the hollow horns of cows, rhino horns are made of fused hair that are solid throughout. The fibers are attached to the snout by skin supported by a raised, roughened area on the skull. An interesting feature of the Wooly rhinoceros's anterior horn is that it was flat from side to side, rather than round like the horn of the modern rhinoceroses.
Wooly rhinoceros are clearly shown in cave paintings made by Neanderthals in southern France around 30,000 years ago. Hunting these animals would have been extremely dangerous given the beast's violent temperament and size coupled with its weaponry of its two horns. Like the cave bear, these deadly creatures were revered and were quite a trophy upon a successful hunt. Their eventual extinction is believed to have been caused by their inability to cope with the warming climate that marked the close of the last Ice Age. Today, the family Rhinocerotidae contains only five living species in the wild, two in Africa and three throughout Asia. All but the Sumatran rhinoceros are virtually hairless except for the tip of the tail and a fringe on the ears. The Sumatran rhinoceros is thought to have been stranded on the island of Sumatra during the retreat of the last ice sheet. This amazing animal was covered with a fairly dense coat of hair and is believed to be the closest living relative of the Wooly rhinoceros. COMPLETE WOOLY RHINO LOWER ARM BONE - CHOICE PRESERVATION - NO RESTORATION OR REPAIR! 15" in length x 5" wide overall SOLD LM12-010 Actual Item - One Only |
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Wooly
rhinoceros fossils can be found throughout Europe and Asia.
Well-preserved remains have been found frozen in ice and buried in
oil-saturated soils. At Staruni in what is now the Ukraine, a
complete carcass of a female rhinoceros was found buried in the mud. The
combination of oil and salt prevented the remains from decomposing
allowing the soft tissues to remain virtually intact. This
specimen is currently mounted in the Paleontological Museum in Krakow,
Poland.