Glyptodon
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Glyptodon is a genus of glyptodont, an extinct group of large, herbivorous armadillos that lived from the Pliocene, around 3.2 million years ago, to the early Holocene, around 11,000 years ago, in Sou
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Georges Cuvier (1769–1832), describer of Megatherium
A skeleton of Megatherium, which was confused with Glyptodon for decades.
Portrait of Sir Richard Owen (1804–1892), describer of Glyptodon.
Glyptotherium
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Glyptotherium is a genus of glyptodont in the family Chlamyphoridae that lived from the Early Pliocene, about 3.9 million years ago, to the Late Pleistocene, around 15,000 years ago. It was widely dis
Glyptodon
…or isolated remains. Fossils from North America were also assigned to Glyptodon, but all of them have since been placed in the closely related genus Glyptotherium. It was not until the later end of the 1900s and 21st century that full review of the genus came about, restricting Glyptodon to just five species under…
Glyptotherium texanum Holotype NMNH
The holotype of G. texanum next to a skeleton of the Southern naked-tailed armadillo
A portrait of Barnum Brown, discoverer of G. cylindricum
A 1910 life restoration of G. texanum