Glyptodon was a massive, armored mammal comparable in size to a Volkswagen Beetle. Related to modern armadillos, Glyptodon sported a heavy, protective shell composed of bony plates.

The Glyptodon standing in the corner adjacent to the Exley Science Center’s library is impossible to miss. It is, for one thing, utterly massive—its shell alone is about the size and shape of a ...

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Archaeologists have uncovered the largest armadillo fossils ever found—massive 20,000-year-old Glyptodon remains in Argentina.

What are Megafauna? Some of these massive beasts are familiar in form but enormous in size, while others are strange hybrids of modern-day animals.

Student discovers 11,700-year-old remains of mega mammal Glyptodon in Argentina's Córdoba River Researchers identified the fossil as Glyptodon reticulatus, a megafauna species from the Late ...

Giant sloths and mastodons lived with humans for millennia in the Americas, new discoveries suggest.

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Des scientifiques argentins ont découvert l'un des plus anciens témoignages de la présence humaine en Amérique du Sud. Les restes d'un glyptodon, un genre de tatou géant, portent des marques ...

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