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Description
Locality: Europe (exact locality unknown)
Era: Cenozoic, Quaternary Period
Geological Age: Pleistocene, about 460,000-14,000 years ago
The woolly rhinoceros (Coelodonta antiquitatis) was a cold-adapted plant-eater that lived across northern Eurasia during the Late Pleistocene. It died out about 14,000 years ago.
A 2020 study in Current Biology, led by Edana Lord, sequenced a complete nuclear genome from a woolly rhino about 18,500 years old, along with 14 mitochondrial genomes. It found no sign of inbreeding or falling genetic diversity: the population seems to have stayed steady for more than 13,000 years after people arrived. The final decline may have been sudden, driven mostly by rapid warming during the Bølling–Allerød warm period near the end of the last ice age. The genome also showed adaptations to arctic cold, similar to those of the woolly mammoth.
This one of a kind large fossil tooth shows the thick, layered enamel structure and deep internal chambers typical of a grazing Pleistocene mammal, with heavy wear across the chewing surface from processing coarse vegetation. The crown is broad and ridged, with pronounced enamel folds that form complex grinding surfaces, while the darker mineralized root sections retain a dense, almost wood-like texture. The contrast between the grey enamel and rich brown fossilized dentin highlights how different parts of the tooth preserved under varying chemical conditions, with visible cracking and natural breakage exposing the interior structure.
Quantity: 1pc
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