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trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• Little_mouse@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Glyptodon are mammels too, and a direct ancestor of armadillos! The -don in the name does imply dinosaur, so I can see why one would make the assumptuon.

  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glyptodon

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  • trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Thanks, I was confusing it with Ankylosaurus

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  • Depress_Mode@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    The “don” suffix just means tooth, so it doesn’t necessarily have to do with dinosaurs; there are a number of mammalian genera that got it, like Smilodon, Daeodon, Dorudon, and Thrinaxodon

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  • Strawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    They are not direct ancestors of extant armadillo species, but they are themselves armadillos.

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