glyptodon
Giant prehistoric armadillo
A glyptodon was a massive armadillo-like mammal that lived in South America during the Pleistocene epoch, roughly two million to ten thousand years ago.
These creatures grew as large as small cars, with domed shells of fused bony plates and clubbed tails.
Early humans likely hunted them to extinction.
Disappeared from sight
- bygoneOf earlier times
- lostUnable to navigate
- disappearedCeased to exist visibly
- extirpatedTotally removed or destroyed
perished · dodo · mammoth · ground sloth · mastodon · thylacine
Protective dorsal exoskeleton
- scutesHorny epidermal plates
- shellHard outer covering
- dome-shapedCurved like half-globe
- bonyThin, with protruding skeleton
plating · protection · defensive · backplate · plastron · segmented · rigid · keratinous
Ancient glacial geological period
- PlioceneLate Neogene epoch
- Ice AgeExtended global freeze
- CenozoicPresent geological era
- megafaunaSpecies over 44 kilograms
Quaternary · Holocene · Paleolithic · Neanderthal · Pangea · Gondwana · fossil · paleontology
Extremely large and heavy
- enormousExtremely large in scale
- hulkingMassive and unwieldy
- ponderousAwkwardly heavy or slow
- heavyOf great mass
bulky · tonnage · megafauna · giant · Volkswagen Beetle · formidable · imposing · lumbering
Plated burrowing mammal
- slothDisinclination to exert oneself
- anteaterInsect-lapping mammal
- placentalNourished before birth internally
- vertebrateSpinal column animal
vanished
Disappeared from sight
- bygoneOf earlier times
- lostUnable to navigate
- disappearedCeased to exist visibly
extirpated · perished · dodo · mammoth · ground sloth · mastodon · thylacine
carapace
Protective dorsal exoskeleton
- scutesHorny epidermal plates
- shellHard outer covering
- dome-shapedCurved like half-globe
bony · plating · protection · defensive · backplate · plastron · segmented · rigid · keratinous · dermal
Pleistocene
Ancient glacial geological period
megafauna · Quaternary · Holocene · Paleolithic · Neanderthal · Pangea · Gondwana · fossil · paleontology · excavation
massive
Extremely large and heavy
heavy · bulky · tonnage · megafauna · giant · Volkswagen Beetle · formidable · imposing · lumbering
armadillo
Plated burrowing mammal
- slothDisinclination to exert oneself
- anteaterInsect-lapping mammal
- placentalNourished before birth internally
vertebrate · quadruped · herbivore · grazer · South American
- Ice Ageice age, mammoths, saber-tooth cat, mammoth, woolly mammoth
- Extinct Animalsdinosaur, dinosaurs, tyrannosaurus, dodo, mammoth
- extinct creaturesdinosaurs, trilobites, ammonites, mammoths, pterosaurs
- fossilsdinosaur bones, ammonite, amber, ammonites, fossils
- megafaunaelephant, mammoth, woolly mammoth, mastodon, rhinoceros
- Prehistoric Animalsdinosaur, dinosaurs, T-Rex, Velociraptor, Brachiosaurus