Amazing Ancient Beasts

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By Live Science Staff
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Glypto Armadillo

This primitive, oversized armadillo relative, P. septentrionalis, likely weighed 200 pounds. It roamed high in the Andes in northern Chile 18 million years ago.

(Image credit: Velizar Simeonovski)

This primitive, oversized armadillo relative, P. septentrionalis, likely weighed 200 pounds. It roamed high in the Andes in northern Chile 18 million years ago.

Live Science Staff
Live Science Staff
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