Glyptodonts were giant (some of them up to~ 2400 kg), heavily armoured relatives of living
armadillos, which became extinct during the Late Pleistocene/early Holocene alongside …

Among the fossils of hitherto unknown mammals that Darwin collected in South America
between 1832 and 1833 during the Beagle expedition [1] were examples of the large …

In recent years, the increase in studies on the inner ear anatomy of xenarthrans provided
new insights regarding some locomotor and phylogenetic aspects. These works have begun …

With their odd cranial features, glyptodonts, closely related to extant armadillos, are a highly
diverse group of the South American megafauna. Doedicurus, Glyptodon, Panochthus, and …

The Glyptodontidae (Mammalia, Xenarthra) are one of the most common paleofaunistic
elements in the South American megafauna. In this context, of the six genera most frequently …

Glyptodonts are a group of extinct xenarthrans with several anatomical features that make
them one of the most bizarre groups of mammals. By the late 19th century, some authors …

Glyptodon and Glyptotherium represent the most conspicuous taxa of late Neogene and
Pleistocene glyptodonts in South America and North America, respectively. The earliest …

Glyptodonts (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Glyptodontidae) represent a diversified radiation of
large armored herbivores, mainly related to open biomes in South America, with an …

Because of the hundreds of individual bony scutes present in the carapace of each
individual armadillo, their fossilization potential is quite high, and the armadillos have an …

All known North American glyptodonts belong in the genus Glyptotherium Osborn, 1903
(Family Glyptodontidae, Subfamily Glyptodontinae). Junior synonyms are Brachyostracon …