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Prehistoric Life

How tall was Paraceratherium transouralicum?

An adult Paraceratherium transouralicum stood about 5.5 m (18 ft) at the shoulder.

What is measured: adult, shoulder height

Paraceratherium transouralicum (5.5 m) drawn to scale beside a doorway (2 m) and a 20-foot shipping container (6.06 m)
Drawn to scale, from left to right: Doorway (2 m), Paraceratherium transouralicum (5.5 m) and Shipping container (20 ft) (6.06 m).

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How big is that, really?

  • About 2.8× as tall as a doorway
  • About 3.2× as tall as an adult person
  • About the length of a 20-foot shipping container
  • About 46% of the length of a city bus
  • About 23% of the length of a tennis court

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Facts about Paraceratherium transouralicum

Paraceratherium was a hornless rhinoceros relative and one of the largest land mammals known from the fossil record.

Source: American Museum of Natural History — Paraceratherium; Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History — Paraceratherium

Prehistoric Life

NameSizeCompared with Paraceratherium transouralicum
Pachycephalosaurus wyomingensis4.5 m (15 ft)0.82×
Anhanguera santanae4.6 m (15 ft)0.84×
Iguanodon bernissartensis5 m (16 ft)0.91×
Kentrosaurus aethiopicus5 m (16 ft)0.91×
Paraceratherium transouralicum5.5 m (18 ft)this page
Ceratosaurus nasicornis6 m (20 ft)1.1×
Tanystropheus hydroides6 m (20 ft)1.1×
Herrerasaurus ischigualastensis6 m (20 ft)1.1×
Euoplocephalus tutus6 m (20 ft)1.1×
Pteranodon7 m (23 ft)1.3×

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Which is bigger: Paraceratherium transouralicum or Pachycephalosaurus wyomingensis?

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