Key-foot Glyptodon
Glyptodon clavipes
Conservation Status
Data DeficientMammalia · Cingulata · Glyptodontidae
About
Glyptodon 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. It is one of, if not the, best known genus of glyptodont. Glyptodon has a long and storied past, being the first named extinct cingulate and the type genus of the subfamily Glyptodontinae. Fossils of Glyptodon have been recorded as early as 1814 from Pleistocene aged deposits from Uruguay, though many were incorrectly referred to the ground sloth Megatherium by early paleontologists.
Fun Fact
Glyptodon reached up to 2 meters (6.
Quick Facts
Habitat
Found in "analogous strata near Lake Mirrim, on the frontier of the Portuguese colonies" (southern Brazil).
Diet
Carnivore
Lifespan
000 years
Threats
- Habitat Change
- Human Disturbance