Sentences with phrase «armadillo relatives»
The researchers estimate that the last common ancestor of glyptodonts and their living armadillo relatives weighed in at a mere 6 kilograms, suggesting a «spectacular increase in glyptodont body mass.»
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Many of the species Darwin discovered in the fossils were previously unknown to science, including several giant ground sloths, compact car — sized relatives of armadillos called glyptodonts (SN Online: 2/22/16) and ancient kin of horses and elephants.
In one room, two preserved modern armadillos stand next to a model of a giant extinct relative called a glyptodont, fossils of which Darwin found in Argentina.