Glyptotherium arizonae (specimen 34)

Specimen Name: Glyptotherium arizonae
Common Name: Glyptodon, glyptodont, glyptotherium
Specimen Code: 05MAMM00034
Acquisition Method: Purchased (date unknown)

Locale: Northern Florida, USA
Formation: Unknown
Geologic Time Period: Late Pleistocene Epoch

Taxonomy:
Eukarya – Animalia – Chordata – Tetrapoda – Amniota – Synapsida – Mammalia – Xenarthra – Cingulata – Chlamyphoridae – Glyptodontinae – Glyptotherium – Arizonae

Description of Specimen:
A rounded, brown scute made up of eight smaller scutes arranged in a flower-like pattern

Measurements of Specimen:
50mm x 50mm x 12mm

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