Peltephilus
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peltephilus-209-1909486
title:
Peltephilus
text:
Peltephilus, the horned armadillo, is an extinct genus of armadillo xenarthran mammals that first inhabited Argentina during the Oligocene epoch, and became extinct in the Miocene epoch. Notably, the scutes on its head were so developed that they formed horns. Aside from the horned gophers of North America, it is the only known fossorial horned mammal. P. ferox had skull about 11.7 centimetres (4.6 in), and estimated body mass is around 11.07 kilograms (24.4 lb). Although it had traditionally be
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
An extinct genus of mammals belonging to the armadillo order of xenarthrans
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peltephilus
date created:
2006-05-01T14:15:50Z
date modified:
2024-09-11T13:53:29Z
main entity:
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image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9e/Peltephilus_ferox.JPG","width":900,"height":702}
fields total:
13
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