He Found An Odd Rock On His Ranch, But It Was Even Stranger Than He Thought

Published on 06/21/2021
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There Were Several In The Area

When the archaeologists and paleontologists proceeded with the dig, they learned an interesting thing. They found not just one but four glyptodon shells in the area! This was pretty unusual since, in the past, experts would only ever find a single specimen. They were excited to find four shells close to each other. More than that, they were of different sizes too. It was only natural for them to wonder whether this was a family! Read on to learn more about what made these fossils so strange.

There Were Several In The Area

There Were Several In The Area

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There were a few more characteristics that made the fossils different from their predecessors. For one thing, they all faced west! They took it to meant that the creatures died in one go. The proximity of the shells meant that they must have been either a family or a hunting group. This was the first time that they saw glyptodons in a single group. They knew that they had to run more tests on the fossils.

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