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glyptodont
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glyptodont [ˈglɪptəˌdɒnt]
n
(Earth Sciences / Palaeontology) any extinct late Cenozoic edentate mammal of the genus Glyptodon and related genera, of South America, which resembled giant armadillos
[from Greek gluptos carved + -odont]


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Very large herbivores once were common in most of the world--mastodons, woolly mammoths, jumbo rhinos, glyptodonts (armadillos about the size of a car), ground sloths as big as elephants.
Photo: Two types of mammals that became extinct in North America about 11,000 years ago were the giant sloth and the armadillo-like glyptodonts.
Very large herbivores once were common in most of the world--mastodons, woolly mammoths, jumbo rhinos, glyptodonts (armadillos about the size of a car), ground sloths as big as elephants.
 
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