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Glyptodon
Glyptodon Glyptodon, an armadillo-like animal that lived during the Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs in the Americas.

Glyptodon

extinct mammal
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Glyptodon, genus of extinct giant mammals related to modern armadillos and found as fossils in deposits in North and South America dating from the Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs (5.3 million to 11,700 years ago). Glyptodon and its close relatives, the glyptodonts, were encased from head to tail in thick, protective armour resembling in shape the shell of a turtle but composed of bony plates much like the covering of an armadillo. The body shell alone...

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