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    Doedicurus clavicaudatus was a prehistoric glyptodont. It had a huge domed carapace that was made of many tightly fitted scutes. Its tail was surrounded by a flexible sheath of bone and had long spikes or knobs on the end.

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    Doedicurus clavicaudatus was a prehistoric glyptodont. It had a huge domed carapace that was made of many tightly fitted scutes. Its tail was surrounded by a flexible sheath of bone and had long spikes or knobs on the end.

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    Doedicurus clavicaudatus was a prehistoric glyptodont. It had a huge domed carapace that was made of many tightly fitted scutes. Its tail was surrounded by a flexible sheath of bone and had long spikes or knobs on the end.

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    GLYPTODONT (Doedicurus clavicaudatus)

    Doedicurus clavicaudatus wasaprehistoricglyptodont. Ithadahugedomedcarapacethatwasmadeofmanytightlyfittedscutes, somewhatsimilartothatofitsmoderndayrelative,thearmadillos.Itstailwas surroundedbyaflexiblesheathofboneandhadlongspikesorknobsontheend, atleastinmaleindividuals

    Thiswasthelargestknownglyptodontid. Withaheightof1.5metersandanoveralllengthofaround4meters. Glyptodontweighedaround1,5tones. Itwasamammalandherbivore.

    GlyptodontlivingduringthePleistoceneErauntiltheendofthelast glacialperiod;some11,000yearsago.

    D.clavicaudatus (Glyptodon) inhabitedNorthAmericanandSouth Americanwoodlandsandgrasslands.

    FossilsofD.clavicaudatus arefoundinNorthAmericaandSouthAmerica, especiallytheEnsenada FormationinArgentina.Giventhelatedateofits disappearance,itwasencounteredandprobablyalsohuntedbythefirst humansettlersofSouthAmerica.

    Itstailclubwasprobablyusedinintraspecific conflictratherthandefense againstpredatorslikeSmilodon

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