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Paleontologists Identify New Species of Glyptodont From 19th-Century Skull

A fossilized skull in a Danish museum collection since the 1800s has been identified as a new species of glyptodont, Glyptotherium deuterophractum, that lived in South America.

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A fossilized skull in a Danish museum collection since the 1800s has been identified as a new species of glyptodont, Glyptotherium deuterophractum, that lived in South America.