Glyptodon scute plates TriceratopsGlyptodon (pronounced GLIP toh don) was one of the biggest ancient armadillos (belonging to the family Glyptodontidae). Fossils of this car sized mammal have been found in Argentina, South America. Glyptodon (meaning "carved tooth") was named by paleontologist R. Owen in 1839. These herbivores (plant eaters) may have been preyed upon by saber toothed cats. Anatomy: This well armored animal had heavy, dome shaped body armor, helmet like head armor, and
The skull was mostly intact
Like many other ammonites
Bury these fossil dig panels in sand
All photos are of the same egg at different angles and background colors
with its pole-like trunk hardly increasing in circumference
Duckbill vertebra column
4 inches) long and 74
Posideona Shale
It had a jointed neck
it is based on fossils that are difficult to distinguish from other Paleogene alligatorids
and/or for making Dimetrodon look much larger than it was to predators
being shed from the jaw during feeding