Comments on: Croft’s New Glyptodont http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/new-glyptodon/ for Bigfoot, Loch Ness, and More Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:55:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Sordes http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/new-glyptodon/#comment-38044 Sordes Sat, 15 Dec 2007 15:22:54 +0000 http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/new-glyptodon/#comment-38044 The reason why some pygmy ground sloths survived untill late into the holocene at some west-indian islands is just because they were populated by humans only some thousand years ago, and not already in prehistoric times. The glyptodonts lived only on the continent, and were therefore exterminated by hunters much earlier. The reason why some pygmy ground sloths survived untill late into the holocene at some west-indian islands is just because they were populated by humans only some thousand years ago, and not already in prehistoric times. The glyptodonts lived only on the continent, and were therefore exterminated by hunters much earlier.

]]> By: sschaper http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/new-glyptodon/#comment-38043 sschaper Thu, 13 Dec 2007 04:34:52 +0000 http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/new-glyptodon/#comment-38043 Mighty handy armor with those giant flightless raptors running about back then. Mighty handy armor with those giant flightless raptors running about back then.

]]> By: Saint Vitus http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/new-glyptodon/#comment-38042 Saint Vitus Wed, 12 Dec 2007 18:49:57 +0000 http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/new-glyptodon/#comment-38042 That new glyptodont probably has the longest scientific name I've ever seen! About the recent giant armadillo sighting in Florida-it could possibly be an escaped South American giant armadillo. A lot of zoo animals and other exotics escaped during Hurricane Andrew and probably during the hurricane season of 2004. That new glyptodont probably has the longest scientific name I’ve ever seen! About the recent giant armadillo sighting in Florida-it could possibly be an escaped South American giant armadillo. A lot of zoo animals and other exotics escaped during Hurricane Andrew and probably during the hurricane season of 2004.

]]> By: goobles http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/new-glyptodon/#comment-38041 goobles Wed, 12 Dec 2007 18:47:24 +0000 http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/new-glyptodon/#comment-38041 I graduated from UF and I know exactly the sloth you're talking about - it's almost inconceivable that something that big actually existed. Wasn't there some research several years back indicating that a few species of ground sloths may have survived into the 1500s on Cuba and Hispanola? If that's true, I could see the possibility of these glyptodonts surviving longer than we suspect in South America. I graduated from UF and I know exactly the sloth you’re talking about - it’s almost inconceivable that something that big actually existed. Wasn’t there some research several years back indicating that a few species of ground sloths may have survived into the 1500s on Cuba and Hispanola? If that’s true, I could see the possibility of these glyptodonts surviving longer than we suspect in South America.

]]> By: kittenz http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/new-glyptodon/#comment-38040 kittenz Wed, 12 Dec 2007 18:06:38 +0000 http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/new-glyptodon/#comment-38040 I was recently at Florida Natural History Museum in Gainesville, where they have fossils of many prehistoric mammals. The large glyptodont they have there is awesome. They have a couple of full-sized ground sloths too. One of them is HUGE. I'd say it was at least 12 or 13 feet tall. All of the prehistoric mammals on display there are animals of which fossils have been found in Florida. The variety is amazing. I went specifically to see the <em>Xenosmilus</em>, a real bruiser of a sabertooth cat. I was aware of glyptodonts, of course, but I had never seen one displayed. The thing was nearly as big as a Volkswagen Beetle. Well, maybe that is a SLIGHT exaggeration, but it was really big. I was recently at Florida Natural History Museum in Gainesville, where they have fossils of many prehistoric mammals. The large glyptodont they have there is awesome. They have a couple of full-sized ground sloths too. One of them is HUGE. I’d say it was at least 12 or 13 feet tall.

All of the prehistoric mammals on display there are animals of which fossils have been found in Florida. The variety is amazing. I went specifically to see the Xenosmilus, a real bruiser of a sabertooth cat. I was aware of glyptodonts, of course, but I had never seen one displayed. The thing was nearly as big as a Volkswagen Beetle. Well, maybe that is a SLIGHT exaggeration, but it was really big.

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