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Name:
Glyptodont Scute
Age: Pleistocene
Formation: River Deposits
Location: Suwannee River, Florida
Size: Scute is 2.1 inches across
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Here is an intriguing fossil. This is a glyptodont scute from the Pleistocene of Florida. Glyptodonts were edentates - a primitive group of placental mammals. They were characterized by very deep heads, solid shells of "bony" plates cemented together, and tails encased in rings of bone. Pleistocene glyptodonts grew up to twelve feet in length! This is one of those "bony" plates of the shell. The thick scute is very well preserved. It has nice ornamental grooves and is saturated with holes - even though it is thick and protective, it is light in weight. This is a very interesting vertebrate fossil from the Ice Age.
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