Extinct glyptodonts really were gigantic armadillos, ancient DNA shows

Monday, February 22, 2016 - 15:30 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Extinct glyptodonts really were gigantic armadillos, according to researchers who have reconstructed the family tree of glyptodonts based on their mitochondrial genome, reconstructed from small fragments of DNA extracted from bits of a protective, bony carapace.

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