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Teeth
100
A famous naturalist who saw a Glyptodon fossil but mistaken it for a giant sloth.
Who is Charles Darwin?
100
This modern animal curls into a ball when threatened.
What is an armadillo?
100
Glyptodons used their tails for this purpose.
What was defense?
100
The supercontinent that broke apart to form today's continents was called this.
What is Pangaea?
100
Front teeth that Glyptodons lacked?
What are incisors or canines?
200
Person who officially named the Glyptodon genus.
Who is Sir Richard Owen?
200
This is the process where two unrelated animals evolve similar features such as the shells in Glyptodon and turtles.
What is convergent evolution?
200
Made up the Glyptodons armor.
What are osteoderms?
200
Places where Glyptodons were found.
What is South America?
200
Glyptodons teeth grow during this part of its lifetime.
What was its whole life?
300
First bone identified to be part of a Glyptodon.
What is a femur bone?
300
Unlike turtle, Glyptodon could not do this with its shell.
What is retract into its shell?
300
This is the share of the osteoderms that made up Glyptodons shell.
What are hexagons?
300
The Glyptodon lived during this time period.
What is the Pliocene early Holocene?
300
Glyptodons teeth were missing this specific material.
What was enamel.
400
The meaning of the name Glyptodon.
What is "Carved Tooth"?
400
Like its close relative the Glyptodon probably shared this metabolic trait.
What is a slowed metabolism?
400
The sabor toothed cat the was one of the few predators of the Glyptodon.
What was Smilodon?
400
What most likely lead to Glyptodons extinction?
What is the Late Pleistocene extinction (human predation and global warming)?
400
Glyptodon teeth were shaped like this
What are cylinders or cylindrical columns?
500
The presence of Glyptodon fossils in both North and South America helped support this theory about species migration.
What is the Great American Biotic Interchange?
500
Glyptodon belongs to this group of animals that includes sloths, anteaters, and armadillos.
What is Xenarthra?
500
To support the heavy shell, Glyptodons vertebrae had this feature?
What are fused vertebrae?
500
This land bridge allowed animals like glyptodons to migrate between the Americas.
What is the Isthmus of Panama?
500
Bone structure in the skull that provided surface area for jaw muscles.
What is the zygomatic arch?