Mammal
Glyptodon
Its shell is reminiscent of that of a turtle, but that similarity appeared in very different lineages.
Glyptodon appears to wear a turtle shell, but it was a mammal related to armadillos.
Three stages. One companion.
Game artwork
AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Glyptodon at a glance
- Diet
- Herbivore
- A plant-based diet is inferred from its anatomy and comparisons with related animals; not all herbivores ate the same plants.
- When it lived
- Neogene / Quaternary
- Group
- Chlamyphoridae
- Chlamyphorids
- Fossil locations
- Uruguay
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Glyptodon
It was a large, plant-eating relative of armadillos. Fossils known since the early nineteenth century help researchers reconstruct the variety of armored mammals in South America.
Its shell resembles a turtle’s, but these similar structures arose in very different lineages. Bones and other features reveal its actual relationships beyond that first impression.
This grouping describes evolutionary relationships. Its members share ancestors; they do not form a chain in which one must turn into another.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: linked collections and publications.A note on the science
It was a large, plant-eating relative of armadillos. Fossils known since the early nineteenth century help researchers reconstruct the variety of armored mammals in South America.
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- Chlamyphoridae
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