EXTINCT GIANT ARMADILLOES 



preceded these in earlier geological times in 

 South America. 



The Glyptodons (Fig. 120), of which there are 



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several different kinds, were enormous arma- 

 dilloes, as big as an ox. Like the recent Httle 

 armadilloes they carried a hard case formed by 



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