Elasmotherium caucasicum Elasmotherium caucasicum Elasmotherium caucasicum Elasmotherium caucasicum Elasmotherium caucasicum
Elasmotherium caucasicum
Elasmotherium caucasicum
Elasmotherium caucasicum
Elasmotherium caucasicum
Elasmotherium caucasicum

Elasmotherium caucasicum

Elasmotherium caucasicum (Elasmotherium Fischer, 1808)

 

Order: Perissodactyla

Family: Rhinocerotidae

Size: 5 m in length, 200 - 250 cm in height, 3500 - 5000 kg of weight

Time period: the Late Pliocene - Early Pleistocene (Europe).


Elasmotherium is the largest species of rhinoceroses that lived from Pliocene till Pleistocene. It reached 5 meters in lengths and 2.5 meters in heights, and weighed up to 5 tons. Its main distinction from other rhinoceroses was a large dome-like protuberance on its forehead, probably with an over 1.5-meter long thick horn. Elasmotheria were widespread on the territory from Western Europe to Eastern Siberia.
Elasmotherium ate grass and roots on river and lake banks, such as highly-nutritious starchy roots of sedge, reed mace and cane. In times of local fodder shortages, the animal could walk long distances through elevated steppe strips from one river system to another or even migrate to the south. It is indicative that the northernmost fossils of Elasmotherium are found in river valleys, and not in steppes, as those of purely herbivorous horses or woolly rhinoceroses. Their root-based diet is also evidenced by their extremely hypsodontic teeth, which ensured protection from abrasives on this type of food, such as sand, dirt, etc. 
As evident from the brain reconstruction, Elasmotherium remained on a quite primitive level of organization. Large olfactory lobes were located in front of small and poorly-developed frontal hemispheres. Other rhinoceroses advanced their brains as early as Miocene and developed quicker orientation and better mobility which are characteristic for modern species. Elasmotherium was inferior to them; woolly rhinoceros and later species of rhinoceros had better reactions, and were smarter, faster and more aggressive.

 

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Elasmotherium caucasicum (Elasmotherium Fischer, 1808)

 

Order: Perissodactyla

Family: Rhinocerotidae

Size: 5 m in length, 200 - 250 cm in height, 3500 - 5000 kg of weight

Time period: the Late Pliocene - Early Pleistocene (Europe).


Elasmotherium is the largest species of rhinoceroses that lived from Pliocene till Pleistocene. It reached 5 meters in lengths and 2.5 meters in heights, and weighed up to 5 tons. Its main distinction from other rhinoceroses was a large dome-like protuberance on its forehead, probably with an over 1.5-meter long thick horn. Elasmotheria were widespread on the territory from Western Europe to Eastern Siberia.
Elasmotherium ate grass and roots on river and lake banks, such as highly-nutritious starchy roots of sedge, reed mace and cane. In times of local fodder shortages, the animal could walk long distances through elevated steppe strips from one river system to another or even migrate to the south. It is indicative that the northernmost fossils of Elasmotherium are found in river valleys, and not in steppes, as those of purely herbivorous horses or woolly rhinoceroses. Their root-based diet is also evidenced by their extremely hypsodontic teeth, which ensured protection from abrasives on this type of food, such as sand, dirt, etc. 
As evident from the brain reconstruction, Elasmotherium remained on a quite primitive level of organization. Large olfactory lobes were located in front of small and poorly-developed frontal hemispheres. Other rhinoceroses advanced their brains as early as Miocene and developed quicker orientation and better mobility which are characteristic for modern species. Elasmotherium was inferior to them; woolly rhinoceros and later species of rhinoceros had better reactions, and were smarter, faster and more aggressive.

 

Відгуки (12):
Митрич
14.09.2021
Ром, я думаю что кавказец в новых вариантах ОБЕЗОБРАЖЕН!! Невнятный островершинный шишак и треугольная губа делают твои шедевры похошими на голубевские "поделки" вроде бронтотериев! Верни старые варианты кавказских эласмов! Если рог - то мощный "кол", если тупорог - то "колун" как у твоего первого тупорога, если шишак - то куполом, а не так как тут...И никакой треугольной губы....Нигде.... Губа широкая, ровная....Как у газонокосилки....
J.H
21.03.2019
the fact is that the horns were actually quite large once they were fully grown so the one in the picture likely isn't a full adult
Митрич
29.11.2018
Спасибо за ответ! Отрадно,что "шилолобик"- не базовая модель эласмика.
rom
29.11.2018
С шилом на лбу сделан так же на заказ для издательства. Основные реконструкции остались безрогими.
Митрич
29.11.2018
О, я узрел "шилолобика", спугнувшего своих "землячков"- сайгачат! Ежели бы не "шило" во лбу и лысая стать - была бы неплохая модель, а если бы вместо "шила" - живописный шишак или тупорог (как на твоих первых реконструкциях!) и обязательно - хотя бы с малой долей волосатости, то был бы ШЕДЕВР! Ну не мог плейстоценовый обитатель Кавказа и Кубани быть лысее некоторых суматранцев, коим шерсть ваще на хр..н не нужна. А этот "шилолобик" гладкий как сосиска!Да и "шило" во лбу, особенно у такого основания, как-то неестественно смотрится- ну как палка какая-то что-ли. Тогда уж буриановский "единорог" куда естественнее и гармоничнее со своим "колом" на лбу! Понимаешь, Ром- этого же типа одень в "свитерок" и "шильце" замени, а то как в анекдоте. Щас поведаю...