Doedicurus facts for kids
Quick facts for kids DoedicurusTemporal range: Pleistocene
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Doedicurus was an ancient armadillo are belonging to the family Glyptodontidae. Fossils have been found in Patagonia, in South America. These herbivores (plant-eaters) may have been preyed upon by saber-toothed cats and borhyaenids (extinct dog-like meat-eaters). Doedicurus lived during the Ice Ages, during the Pleistocene between 2 million and 15,000 years ago.
Images for kids
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Skull of Doedicurus from the front and right
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1913 reconstruction of Doedicurus and Glyptodon by Robert Bruce Horsfall
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The depressions on the tail club may have supported spikes
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Doedicurus fossil in Brazil
See also
In Spanish: Doedicurus para niños
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