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12" Fossil Rhino (Stephanorhinus) Lower Jaw - Hungary
This is a 10.5" long partial lower jaw of of Stephanorhinus etruscus, an extinct Rhinoceros. It's Pleistocene in age and comes from Hungary. Fossils of Stephanorhinus are much rarer than those of the Woolly Rhinoceros (Coelodonta). There are two original molars still in place and nicely preserved.
It comes with a display stand.
It comes with a display stand.
Stephanorhinus, or Merck's rhinoceros, is an extinct genus of rhinoceros native to northern Eurasia that lived during the Lower to Early Late Pleistocene epoch. It had two horns and was a relatively large rhino. It weighed over 3,000 kilograms (6,600 pounds) and measured about 2 meters (6.56 feet) tall and 4 meters (13.12 feet) in length, similar to a modern white rhino.
SPECIES
Stephanorhinus etruscus
AGE
LOCATION
Hungary
SIZE
12" long
CATEGORY
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ITEM
#87473
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