A directly dated 14.4 ka Coelodonta antiquitatis genome constrains one late northern Eurasian individual and its population metrics; it does not establish the genus-wide or global fossil last appearance.
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References / paperGenome shows no recent inbreeding in near-extinction woolly rhinoceros sample found in ancient wolf's stomach
Guðjónsdóttir, S.M.; Lord, E.; Pochon, Z.; et al.
Year2026
Source roleprimary-study
DOI / ID10.1093/gbe/evaf239
Fitness and scope
taxonomy · topology · range · event-mechanism
Primary genomic study directly dates the sampled Coelodonta antiquitatis individual to 14.4 ka; that individual is not asserted to be the genus-wide global last appearance.
Claim ledger
The 5.08–0.0144 Ma Coelodonta display connects the reviewed earliest known C. thibetana occurrence to one directly dated 14.4 ka C. antiquitatis individual and is not a global genus FAD/LAD.
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