The best known, E. sibiricum was the size of a mammoth and is thought to have borne a large, thick horn on its forehead which was used for defence, attracting mates, driving away competitors, sweeping snow from the grass in winter and digging for water and plant roots. Like all rhinoceroses, elasmotheres were herbivorous. Unlike any others, its high-crowned molars were ever-growing. Its legs were longer than those of other rhinos and were designed for galloping, giving it a horse-like gait. The Russian paleontologists of the 19th century who discovered and named the initial fossils were influenced by ancient legends of a huge unicorn roaming the steppes of Siberia. To date no evidence either contradicts or confirms the possibility that Elasmotherium survived into legendary times.
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| - The best known, E. sibiricum was the size of a mammoth and is thought to have borne a large, thick horn on its forehead which was used for defence, attracting mates, driving away competitors, sweeping snow from the grass in winter and digging for water and plant roots. Like all rhinoceroses, elasmotheres were herbivorous. Unlike any others, its high-crowned molars were ever-growing. Its legs were longer than those of other rhinos and were designed for galloping, giving it a horse-like gait. The Russian paleontologists of the 19th century who discovered and named the initial fossils were influenced by ancient legends of a huge unicorn roaming the steppes of Siberia. To date no evidence either contradicts or confirms the possibility that Elasmotherium survived into legendary times.
- thumb|400px Significa bestia con placas. Era un rinoceronte primitivo. Tenía casi dos peces el tamaño de un rinoceronte actual. Era más pesado que un camión del peso de un elefante y su altura era superior a la de una pértiga de salto como las que usan los atletas. En la cabeza de 75 centímetros de largo tenía un espectacular cuerno que medía hasta 2 metros, más alto que un hombre adulto. Para soportar el tremendo frío de las glaciaciones de aquella época, protegía su inmenso cuerpo con una gruesa cubierta de pelo. También tenía una capa de grasa de varios centímetros de grosor para conservar el calor. Como buen herbívoro, usaba los labios para arrancar la hierba que comía, triturándole con sus fuertes muelas laterales, de 22 centímetros de largo. Pero aunque no mataba para comer, era un p
- The fossil received its name from Johann Fischer von Waldheim,[2] the Dirécteur Perpétuel of the Natural History Museum, Moscow University, at a presentation before the Societé Impériale des Naturalistes in 1808. The next year in the Mémoires of the society he reported what he had said in the Programme d'invitation:[3] Elasmotherium is an animal with an elongated head without incisors or canines, with 5 molars on each side [made] from sinuous layers.[4] Then he noted on his derivation of the name: From the Greek word ἐλασμος [elasmos], layer, to designate the layered form of the molar teeth.[5]
- Elasmotherium ("Thin Plate Beast"), also known as the giant rhinoceros, is an extinct genus of rhinoceros endemic to Eurasia during the Late Pliocene through the Pleistocene, documented from 2.6 Ma to as late as 29,000 years ago in the Late Pleistocene. Three species are recognised. The best known, E. sibiricum, was the size of a mammoth and is thought to have borne a large, thick horn on its forehead. Theories about the function of this horn include defense, attracting mates, driving away competitors, sweeping snow from the grass in winter and digging for water and plant roots. Like all rhinoceroses, elasmotheres were herbivorous. Unlike any others, its high-crowned molars were ever-growing. Its legs were longer than those of other rhinos and were adapted for galloping, giving it a horse-
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| - thumb|400px Significa bestia con placas. Era un rinoceronte primitivo. Tenía casi dos peces el tamaño de un rinoceronte actual. Era más pesado que un camión del peso de un elefante y su altura era superior a la de una pértiga de salto como las que usan los atletas. En la cabeza de 75 centímetros de largo tenía un espectacular cuerno que medía hasta 2 metros, más alto que un hombre adulto. Para soportar el tremendo frío de las glaciaciones de aquella época, protegía su inmenso cuerpo con una gruesa cubierta de pelo. También tenía una capa de grasa de varios centímetros de grosor para conservar el calor. Como buen herbívoro, usaba los labios para arrancar la hierba que comía, triturándole con sus fuertes muelas laterales, de 22 centímetros de largo. Pero aunque no mataba para comer, era un peligroso enemigo: si se veía amenazado por un depredador, bajaba la cabeza y embestía. Sólo los animales más temerarios habrían intentado plantarle cara cuando atronaba las llanuras con la cabeza gacha, dispuesto a embestir a su enemigo con un golpe demoledor. Medía 6 metros y medio de longitud. Pesaba hasta 6 toneladas. Categoría:Mamíferos Categoría:Placentarios Categoría:Ungulados Categoría:Perisodáctilos Categoría:Rinocerontes Categoría:Rinoceróntidos Categoría:Fauna del Pleistoceno
- The best known, E. sibiricum was the size of a mammoth and is thought to have borne a large, thick horn on its forehead which was used for defence, attracting mates, driving away competitors, sweeping snow from the grass in winter and digging for water and plant roots. Like all rhinoceroses, elasmotheres were herbivorous. Unlike any others, its high-crowned molars were ever-growing. Its legs were longer than those of other rhinos and were designed for galloping, giving it a horse-like gait. The Russian paleontologists of the 19th century who discovered and named the initial fossils were influenced by ancient legends of a huge unicorn roaming the steppes of Siberia. To date no evidence either contradicts or confirms the possibility that Elasmotherium survived into legendary times.
- Elasmotherium ("Thin Plate Beast"), also known as the giant rhinoceros, is an extinct genus of rhinoceros endemic to Eurasia during the Late Pliocene through the Pleistocene, documented from 2.6 Ma to as late as 29,000 years ago in the Late Pleistocene. Three species are recognised. The best known, E. sibiricum, was the size of a mammoth and is thought to have borne a large, thick horn on its forehead. Theories about the function of this horn include defense, attracting mates, driving away competitors, sweeping snow from the grass in winter and digging for water and plant roots. Like all rhinoceroses, elasmotheres were herbivorous. Unlike any others, its high-crowned molars were ever-growing. Its legs were longer than those of other rhinos and were adapted for galloping, giving it a horse-like gait.
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- The fossil received its name from Johann Fischer von Waldheim,[2] the Dirécteur Perpétuel of the Natural History Museum, Moscow University, at a presentation before the Societé Impériale des Naturalistes in 1808. The next year in the Mémoires of the society he reported what he had said in the Programme d'invitation:[3] Elasmotherium is an animal with an elongated head without incisors or canines, with 5 molars on each side [made] from sinuous layers.[4] Then he noted on his derivation of the name: From the Greek word ἐλασμος [elasmos], layer, to designate the layered form of the molar teeth.[5] All he had before him was one lower jaw donated to the museum by Yekaterina Romanovna Vorontsova-Dashkova, which he named Elasmotherium sibiricum, lamenting that it was the sole species of which he knew. The molars, the only teeth in the jaw, had formed in layers like tree rings, except the "rings", or lamellae, were highly corrugated. The edges in the grinding surface were elaborately sinuous to better break down the grasses on which the animal fed.
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