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Glyptotherium (from Gr**** for 'grooved or
carved beast') is a
genus of
glyptodont (an
extinct group of large,
herbivorous armadillos) in the
family Chlamyphoridae...
- 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...
- the
Isthmus of
Panama formed about three million years ago, the
genus Glyptotherium spread north as part of the
Great American Interchange, as did pampatheres...
- in
Central America during the Plio-Pleistocene
enabled dispersal of
Glyptotherium from
South America to
North America, and
possibly also its migration...
- Mixotoxodon, the
gomphothere (elephant-relative) Cuvieronius, the
glyptodont Glyptotherium, the
llama Hemiauchenia, and the
horse Equus conversidens. El Salvador...
-
fatalis may have also
occasionally pre**** upon
Glyptotherium,
based on a
skull from a
juvenile Glyptotherium texanum recovered from
Pleistocene deposits...
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peccaries (Platygonus, Mylohyus),
ground sloths (Paramylodon),
glyptodonts (
Glyptotherium), tapirs, the
camel Camelops, and the
llama Hemiauchenia. Proboscideans...
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sloth spp.
Paramylodon (H)
Cingulata All
members of
Glyptodontinae Glyptotherium (H)
Beautiful armadillo (Dasypus bellus) (H)
Pachyarmatherium All Pampatheriidae...
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Glyptotherium Glyptodon...
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include the
skull and jaws of
Dinofelis palaeoonca, and a
carapace of
Glyptotherium. The
Blanco beds are the 'type locality' for
Nannippus peninsulatus...
