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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Little_mouse@lemmy.ca 4 days agoGlyptodon 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.
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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.
trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Thanks, I was confusing it with Ankylosaurus