Glossotherium tail section with osteoderms
€425
Perfectly preserved caudal vertebra section of a truly mythical creature: the giant ground sloth. This sloth, a Glossotherium, is an extinct large ground sloth of the subfamily Mylodontinae. Reconstructed animals were between 3 and 4 metres long and possibly weighed up to 1,500 kg.
The tail of the Glossotherium was covered with dermal scutes or osteoderms. Rarely these are preserved during fossilisation. This here is a museum quality section of 2 caudal vertebra entirely covered with osteoderms.