Definition of Glyptodon. Meaning of Glyptodon. Synonyms of Glyptodon

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Definition of Glyptodon

Glyptodon
Glyptodon Glyp"to*don, n. [Gr. ? carved, engraved + ?, ?, tooth. See Glyph.] (Paleon.) An extinct South American quaternary mammal, allied to the armadillos. It was as large as an ox, was covered with tessellated scales, and had fluted teeth. --Owen.

Meaning of Glyptodon from wikipedia

- Glyptodon (lit. 'grooved or carved tooth'; from Ancient Gr**** γλυπτός (gluptós) 'sculptured' and ὀδοντ-, ὀδούς (odont-, odoús) 'tooth') is a genus of...
- around 2.7 million years ago. The best-known genus within the group is Glyptodon. Glyptodonts were historically considered to constitute the distinct family...
- paleontologist Richard Owen in 1847, the fifth glyptodont species described after Glyptodon clavipes, G. reticulatus, G. tuberculatus (now Panochthus), and G. ornatus...
- also used to describe the heavy armour of the armadillo and the extinct Glyptodon, and is occasionally used as an alternative to scales in describing snakes...
- (megafauna), which included mammoths, mastodons, saber-toothed cats, glyptodons, the woolly rhinoceros, various giraffids, such as the Sivatherium; ground...
- Parapropalaehoplophorus is an extinct genus of comparatively small (compared to Glyptodon) species of glyptodont, extinct relatives of the modern armadillo. The...
- and Ramírez named the fossils Glyptodon mexicanum in 1875, but the fossils have been lost. Another species of Glyptodon from Mexico was described in 1889...
- In 1845, the fragments were referred by Sir Richard Owen to the genus Glyptodon. In 1864, working from more complete remains, Karl Hermann Konrad Burmeister...
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- Drakaea glyptodon, commonly known as king in his carriage is a species of orchid endemic to the south–west of Western Australia. It is pollinated by a...