Glyptodont, Armadillo-like Mammal, Glyptodont
name: label: Discipline
content: Paleobiology
label: Region
content: US Southeast (NC, SC, GA, FL, AL, MS, TN, KY)
notes: label: Description
content: This object is part of the Education and Outreach collection, some of which are in the Q?rius science education center and available to see.
label: Geologic Age
content: Cenozoic - Quaternary - Pleistocene
label: Notes
content: This bone plate is from the shell of a Glyptotherium floridanum, a giant armadillo-like mammal that is now extinct. A shell was made up of around 1000 of these bone plates that served as protection for the species' back, tail, and skull. This plate is 1.75cm thick and measures 4.5cm x 3.5cm.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 1
label: Record Last Modified
content: 5 Aug 2020
place: label: Collecting Locality
content: St. Petersburg Causeway, North America, United States, Florida
topic: label: Topic
content: Education & Outreach
setName: label: See more items in
content: Q?rius, The Coralyn W. Whitney Science Education Center
publisher: label: Scientific Name
content: Glyptotherium floridanum
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO52763
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Animalia, Xenarthra, Cingulata, Glyptodontidae