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rare
Glyptodon
Glyptodon clavipes
Era: NeogeneDiet: HerbivorousPeriod: PlioceneSize: 2mWeight: 400kg
Glyptodon 'sculptured' and ὀδοντ-, ὀδούς (odont-, odoús) 'tooth') is a genus of glyptodont, an extinct group of large, herbivorous armadillos that lived from the Pliocene, around 3.2 million years ago, to the early Holocene, around 11,000 years ago, in South America