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
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
Glyptodont
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Glyptodonts are an extinct clade of large, heavily armored armadillos, reaching up to 1.5 metres in height, and maximum body masses of around 2 tonnes. They had short, deep skulls, a fused vertebral c
Glyptotherium
…Glyptotherium (from Ancient Greek for 'grooved or carved beast') is a genus of glyptodont (an extinct group of large, herbivorous armadillos) in the family Chlamyphoridae that lived from the Early Pliocene, about 3.9 million years ago, to…
Glyptodon 1
Doedicurus and Glyptodon by Robert Bruce Horsfall
Detail of Propalaehoplophorus scutes, early Miocene, in the permanent collection of The Children's Museum of Indianapolis
Peltephilus ferox