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Old February 22nd, 2016 #1
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Default Extinct glyptodonts really were gigantic armadillos, ancient DNA shows

Extinct glyptodonts really were gigantic armadillos, ancient DNA shows


If you could travel back in time to South America thousands of years ago, you might have caught a glimpse of an animal known as a glyptodont living alongside giant ground sloths and saber-toothed cats. Glyptodonts looked like gigantic and fearsome armadillos; one of the largest species, Doedicurus, weighed as much as a ton and had a powerful club-shaped and spiky tail.

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2016-02-extinct...cient.html#jCp
 
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