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Doedicurus (Ancient Greek δοῖδυξ "pestle" and oυρά "tail") is an extinct genus of glyptodont from South America containing one species, D. clavicaudatus. Glyptodonts are a member of the family Chlamyphoridae , which also includes some modern armadillo species, and they are classified in the superorder Xenarthra alongside sloths and ...
The largest glyptodonts like Doedicurus reached a height of 1.5 metres (4.9 ft) and 4 metres (13 ft) in length, with a body mass of over two tonnes. The body of glyptodonts was covered in a large immobile carapace made up of hundreds of bony scutes/ osteoderms , with the underside of the body and the top of the head also being protected with ...
The largest cingulate known is Doedicurus, at 4 m (13 ft) long, 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) high [153] and reaching a mass of approximately 1,910 to 2,370 kg (2.11 to 2.61 short tons). [ citation needed ] The largest species of Glyptodon , Glyptodon clavipes , reached 3–3.3 m (9.8–10.8 ft) in length [ 257 ] [ 153 ] and 2 t (2.2 short tons) in weight.
Glyptodon (lit. ' grooved or carved tooth '; from Ancient Greek γλυπτός (gluptós) ' sculptured ' and ὀδοντ-, ὀδούς (odont-, odoús) ' tooth ') [1] is a genus of glyptodont, an extinct group of large, herbivorous armadillos, that lived from the Pliocene, around 3.2 million years ago, [2] to the early Holocene, around 11,000 years ago, in South America.
Walking with Beasts, marketed as Walking with Prehistoric Beasts in North America, is a 2001 six-part nature documentary television miniseries created by Impossible Pictures and produced by the BBC Science Unit, [4] the Discovery Channel, ProSieben and TV Asahi.
Ark: Survival Evolved (stylized as ARK) is a 2017 action-adventure survival video game developed by Studio Wildcard. In the game, players must survive being stranded on one of several maps filled with roaming dinosaurs , fictional fantasy monsters, and other prehistoric animals, natural hazards, and potentially hostile human players.
The Ark: Survival Ascended free weekend starts today, lasting until 10 AM PST on Monday, April 8. During this period, players will be able to check out the Scorched Earth expansion map, which ...
The South American land mammal ages (SALMA) establish a geologic timescale for prehistoric South American fauna beginning 64.5 Ma during the Paleocene and continuing through to the Late Pleistocene (0.011 Ma).