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Pentaceratops & White Rhinoceros compared

author: Walter B. Myers/Novapix

reference: t-din03-15602

Image Size 300 DPI: 33 * 25 cm

An adult Pentaceratops from 75 million years ago is compared to a modern adult White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum). The Pentaceratops is 8 feet tall at the shoulder and weighs 13,000 pounds*, while the White Rhinoceros is 6 feet tall at the shoulder and weighs 7,000 pounds. * Values are estimates only based upon available paleontological data.

Keywords for this photo:

2010 - ANIMAL - CERATOTHERIUM - COMPARISON - CRETACEOUS - DINOSAUR - EARTH - EVOLUTION - FAUNA - HISTORY OF EARTH - ILLUSTRATION - MAMMAL - MESOZOIC - ORNITHISCHIA - PENTACERATOPS - RHINOCEROS - SCALE - SIZE - SYNAPSID - WHITE RHINOCEROS -