Armadillo

Order: Xenarthrans, which means "strange joints". Also known as Edentata, which means "without teeth", although definition only fits the anteaters.

Glyptodont

(extinct armadillo-like animal)

	Glyptodont (Glyptotherium floridanum) bony armour plates. Left is tail armour and right is part of main carapice. Glyptos reached the size of a VW-Bug and weighed as much as two tons. They were not true armadillos, as their plates were not moveable like you find with the Texas nine-banded armadillo today. Glyptodonts are extinct.
	Glyptodont upper mandible with figure-8 style teeth.
	Glyptodont vertebra.
	Scutes -- Holmesina septentrionalis, a true armadillo that reached 6-7 feet in length and may have weighed up to 600 pounds. Family - Dasypodidae. Holmesina is extinct.
	Holmesina skull.
	Close-up of Holmesina skull.
	Extinct armadillo that was slightly larger than today's 9-banded armadillo. Family - Dasypodidae; Species -Dasypus bellus