Uncommon Giant Armadillo Flex Scute



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  • Age:
    Pleistocene
  • Location:
    North Florida
  • Size:
    3 3/4 in
  • Species:
    Holmesina septentrionalis


This is a very nice and quite uncommon giant armadillo flex scute (osteoderm). Flex scutes like this are what allowed an armadillo's shell to flex and move with the animal - they are far less common than the pentagonal scutes. Nice example.