Specimen Name: Dasypus bellus
Common Name: Beautiful armadillo
Specimen Code: 05MAMM00021
Acquisition Method: Purchased (2016)
Locale: Northern Florida, USA
Formation: Unknown
Geologic Time Period: Late Pleistocene Epoch
Taxonomy:
Eukarya – Animalia – Chordata – Tetrapoda – Amniota – Synapsida – Mammalia – Xenarthra – Cingulata – Dasypodidae – Dasypus – Bellus
Description of Specimen:
A small, black claw core – on the underside, one can see the notch where the joints would attach
Measurements of Specimen:
20mm x 5mm x 8mm
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