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Remains of ancient, giant armadillo found in Peru
Thu May 19, 7:00 PM ET
LIMA (AFP) - The nearly complete fossilized remains of a glyptodon, an extinct ancient armadillo the size of a small car, were accidently discovered by a worker in the southern Peruvian city of Cuzco, officials said.
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The glyptodon remains were 95 percent complete, said Jorge Gamarra from Peru's National Institute of Culture.
Glyptodons lived in the Americas between two million and 1.5 million years ago in the Ice Age during the Pleistocene epoch.
A worker accidentally found the remains as he was leveling land in the San Sebastian neighborhood of the city of Cuzco, the former capital of the Inca empire, Gamarra told AFP.
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