Specimen Name: Dasypus bellus
Common Name: Beautiful armadillo
Specimen Code: 05MAMM00029-33
Acquisition Method: Purchased (2016)
Locale: Northern Florida, USA
Formation: Unknown
Geologic Time Period: Pleistocene Epoch
Taxonomy:
Eukarya – Animalia – Chordata – Tetrapoda – Amniota – Synapsida – Mammalia – Xenarthra – Cingulata – Dasypodidae – Dasypus – Bellus
Description of Each Specimen:
- Specimen 29: A small, rectangular flex scute with small holes, like a hem on trousers
- Specimen 30: A small flex scute shaped like a hinge with a violin marking on it
- Specimen 31: A small, narrow flex scute shaped like a hinge
- Specimen 32: A larger, leaf-shaped flex scute, with a large ridge on the underside
- Specimen 33: A small, plain flex scute shaped like a hinge
Measurements of Each Specimen:
- Specimen 29: 30mm x 14mm x 3mm
- Specimen 30: 23mm x 11mm x 5mm
- Specimen 31: 25mm x 7.5mm x 4.5mm
- Specimen 32: 31mm x 15mm x 4mm
- Specimen 33: 27mm x 11mm x 4mm
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