COELODONTA
antiquitatis Pleistocene mammal
This creature was a huge beast that lived in during
the last ice age. The Coelodonta had a massive body and a
thick, shaggy coat that protected it against the harsh climate of
the tundra and steppe that bordered the great glaciers of the
Northern Hemisphere. Coelodonta had a pair of huge horns
on its snout that reached lengths of up to 3ft in the largest of
males. These creatures were hunted by early humans and they were
depicted on the walls of caves in France 30,000 years ago.
TIME - 200 - 25 TYA,
Pleistocene epoch.
SIZE - Up to 12ft
(3.7m) long and 5.5ft (1.7m) at the shoulder.
WEIGHT - Up to 1.2
US tons.
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