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Prehistoric Life

How tall was Coelodonta antiquitatis?

Coelodonta antiquitatis stood about 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) at the shoulder.

What is measured: woolly rhinoceros, shoulder height

Coelodonta antiquitatis (1.8 m) drawn to scale beside an adult person (1.7 m) and a doorway (2 m)
Drawn to scale, from left to right: Adult person (1.7 m), Coelodonta antiquitatis (1.8 m) and Doorway (2 m).

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How big is that, really?

  • About the same height as an adult person
  • About the same height as a doorway
  • About 4.7× as tall as a bowling pin
  • About 30% of the length of a 20-foot shipping container
  • About 12× as tall as a smartphone

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Facts about Coelodonta antiquitatis

The woolly rhinoceros carried a broad nasal horn that may have been used to sweep snow from vegetation.

Source: Natural History Museum, Woolly rhinoceros; Encyclopaedia Britannica, Woolly rhinoceros

Prehistoric Life

NameSizeCompared with Coelodonta antiquitatis
Neanderthal1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)0.92×
Dimetrodon grandis1.7 m (5 ft 7 in)0.94×
Homo erectus1.7 m (5 ft 7 in)0.94×
Gastornis gigantea1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)same size
Coelodonta antiquitatis1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)this page
Rhamphorhynchus muensteri1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)same size
Dire wolf1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)same size
Protoceratops andrewsi2 m (6 ft 7 in)1.1×
Castoroides ohioensis2 m (6 ft 7 in)1.1×
Elasmotherium sibiricum2 m (6 ft 7 in)1.1×

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