The spread of hominims - early humans and related species such as Neanderthals - from Africa thousands of years ago coincided with the extinction of megafauna such as the mammoth, the sabre-toothed tiger and the
glyptodon, an armadillo-like creature the size of a car, according to the study.
Animals like wooly mammoths, which were bigger than modern-day elephants, ground sloths, saber-toothed tigers, and
Glyptodon, nearly as big as a car, thrived for centuries.
The study of North American glyptodonts started in the late 19th Century with a similar tendency, and
Glyptodon Cope 1889, Glyptotherium Osborn 1903, Brachyostracon Brown 1912, Boreostracon Simpson 1929, and Xenoglyptodon Meade 1953 were recognized.
Peut-on imaginer, en effet, meilleure oreille que celle du
glyptodon de Leonard Nodot (15) ou decharger sa bile contre celui qui incarne, plus encore que la negation de l'isard (dn 141), la tare dans l'evolution des hominides, l'erreur dans les plans de "l'ideal Terrien" (dn 144)?
In South America, after colonizing this continent in the middle Pleistocene up until ~10,000 years ago, jaguars coexisted with the local large herbivorous community composed of giant ground sloth Megatherium, forest elephants Cuvieronius, mastodonts Stegomastodon, camel-like Macrauchenia, huge armadillos
Glyptodon, wild horses Hippidion, and Toxodons, animals similar to hippopotamus or rhinos (Lessa and Farina, 1996; Turner and Anton, 1997; Alroy, 2001; Cione et al., 2003; Soibelzon et al., 2008).
These herbaceous plants were an important source of food for large herbivores, such as Toxodon,
Glyptodon, and Haplomastodon the majority of which were grazers that inhabited open areas (Ranzi, 2000).
Glyptodon: The Volkswagen Beetle-sized "colossal" armadillo, with its spiky, club-like tail, once rumbled across the South American countryside.
Also included was the giant ground sloth and the car-sized Ice Age mammal
Glyptodon.