Giant Armadillo Scute
Holmesina septentrionalis
A long, banded plate of armour from a 600-pound Ice Age armadillo.
- Typical size
- 1–3 in
- How often it turns up
- Uncommon
- Collecting
- Archaeological, leave in place
- Handling
- Safe to handle
Vertebrate fossils collected from state-owned land or submerged bottoms in Florida require a fossil permit from the Florida Museum of Natural History. Beach-washed finds above the waterline are generally fine, but know your site.
How to tell it apart
- Elongated rectangular plate
- Grooved and pitted surface
- Lighter and thinner than glyptodont scutes
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